Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Rome

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0560
Object Name: Lamp with Attached Stand
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Glaze; Clay (unfired)
Length: 8.6
Width: 6.1
Height: 18.2
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Light red clay with red glaze. Lamp with standard (Standard is modern). Short nozzle with concave side, end restored. Plain rim. Three grooves form heart-shaped slightly concave discus with central filling-hole. Ring handle, three groves on upper half. Modern standard has four stepped rectangular base and on front in relief is standard figure of Athena, front wears helmet, aegis(?), long girt chiton with apoptygma, hr right knee, is bent slightly, spear in her right hand, her left holding small round shield resting on ground.
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Rome
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

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Rome; Lamp with Attached Stand; Glaze; Clay (unfired)