Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Rome

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0571
Object Name: lamp
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Ceramic; Glaze
Length: 13.5
Width: 8.3
Height: 3.1
Inscribed: yes
Artifact Obverse Inscription: C. Oppi Res (tituti)
Full Artifact Description: Pale buff clay with reddish brown/ dark brown glaze. Two nozzles flanked by double volutes which encroach slightly on rim. Conventional design between volutes. End of right nozzle restored. Grooved rim. In center of discus, circular alter holding pine cone and eggs. Tree (palm?) on either side of alter about which is coiled snake with head streaching toward offering on alter. Slightly raised base set off by circular and groove. Incised stamp C. Oppi Res (tituti). Ring handle broken and handle with triangular attachment added which seems too large for lamp. Decorated with palmette pattern.
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Rome
Countermark: no
Inscription Obverse Text: C. Oppi Res (tituti)
Type Category: Artifact

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Rome; lamp; Ceramic; Glaze