Rome / lamp / Ceramic / Glaze

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0553
Object Name: lamp
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Object Category: Artifact
Object Type: Lamps
Full Artifact Description: Fine light gray-buff clay with brownish red-brown glaze. Boat shaped lamp with 10 (?) wicks has been mended and restored in central part. Plain rounded nozzles project from either side of center and are marked off from each other by grooves. On one side fragments of two at one end and one at the other remain and two others have been restored between. On other side fragments of three remain at one end and two have been restored at the other. Pointed ends of boat curve upward and are decorated with conventional incised designs of lines and dots. Groove separates rim of boat from depressed center. There are three grooves half way down on one side and restored on other. Filling hole restored in center. Plain reverse. Incised stamp. C. Oppi Res(tituti).
Materials: Ceramic; Glaze

Measurements

Weight: 122g (with 2 areas of fill)
Length: ca 6.6
Width: ca 8.5
Height: 3.1
Measurement Notes: height 6cm, width 8cm, length 17cm

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Rome

Publications and Exhibitions

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 164 KB
Record: 0000.00.0553
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