Rome / Clay (unfired) / Slip

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0611
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Meader, Cecil
Object Category: Artifact
Object Type: Lamps
Full Artifact Description: Greyish buff micaceous clay; unglazed. Nozzle with straight end and concave sides. On neck, two small pyramids incised with small circles at peaks. Between them is narrow channel to discus. V-Shaped groove, with small stamped circle at angle and two ends, separates plain rim from slightly depressed discus with central filling hole. Pierced virtical handle rises from top of lamp opposite nozzle and at right angles to axis of lamp. Plain base follows outline of lamp. Nozzle slightly broken about wick hole. No stamp. May have a fine slip of same color as clay.
Materials: Clay (unfired); Slip

Measurements

Length: 7.9
Width: 5.6
Height: 2.1

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: 127 KB
Record: 0000.00.0611
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0611/0000_00_0611p01.tif

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Full citation: "Rome; Clay (unfired); Slip." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0611/0000_00_0611p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 09, 2024.