Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Rome

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0622
Lot: Meader, Cecil
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Clay (unfired)
Design Style: Delphiniform
Width: 7.2
Height: 3.1
Inscribed: yes
Full Artifact Description: Pinkish buff micaceous clay; unglazed. ‘Delphiniform lamp’. End of broad flat-topped nozzle missing, probably had blunt end. At base of nozzle is a moulded figure (lion’s skin in croaching attitude?). Small stamped circle at either side of figure. Rows of raised dots on rim. Ornamented fin-like projection on left side. Raised rim about small sunk discus with central filling hole. Band handle broken, was added separately. Base ring set in grooves.
Verbatim Provenance: Italy
Verbatim Site: Rome
Countermark: no
Type Category: Artifact

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Rome; Clay (unfired)