Rome / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0610
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Meader, Cecil
Object Category: Artifact
Object Type: Lamps
Full Artifact Description: Reddish buff micaceous clay; unglazed. Pear-shaped lamp has wick hole in top of smaller end. Raised moulding about almost flat top of lamp and another about central filling hole which continues along neck to wick hole forming channel on neck. Decorated on top of lamp between two mouldings, leaf pattern on either side of nozzle and behind this two dotted circles. Handle at back and top of lamp broken. Two molded lines on under side beneath handle and one on either side beneath nozzle. Pear shaped base ring. Blackened about wick hole.
Materials: Clay (unfired)

Measurements

Length: 9.1
Width: 6.8
Height: 3.9

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Rome

Publications and Exhibitions

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 1704 x 2272
File Size: 181 KB
Record: 0000.00.0610
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0610/0000_00_0610p01.tif

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