Rome / lamp handle / Ceramic

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Object Identifier
0000.00.0753
Object Name
lamp handle
Object Type
Lamps
Materials
Ceramic
Length
14.1;
Width
8.0;
Height
;
Thickness
;
Weight
;
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Pale buff to pinkish clay; unglazed. Attachment from large lamp. Bust of Selene, frontal, hair falling to shoulders, crescent above forehead; wears sleaved chiton (?), with hands raised to shoulder height, torch in each.
Verbatim Provenance
Italy
Verbatim Site
Rome
Countermark
no
Class Title
Sex, Birth, and Contraception in Antiquity
The Body and the Senses Before Modernity
Greek Mythology
Power and Powerlessness in Classical Greece: Modern Approaches to Inequality in the Ancient World
Greek Mythology (W2018)
Identity and Myth in Greece and Rome (W2019)
What is a Human? Nature and Knowledge Before Modernity (W2019)
Greek Mythology (W2019)
What is a Human? Nature and Knowledge Before Modernity (F2022)
Class Instructor
Das, Aileen
Neis, Rafe
Verhoogt, Arthur
Salminen, Elina
Forsdyke, Sara
Wright, Parrish
Class Department
Classics
History
RCHUMS
CLCIV
HISTORY
Class Number
120.001
497.003
385
334.012
195.003
197.003
Class Year
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
Class Semester
Fall
Winter
Type Category
Artifact

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Record
0000.00.0753
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"Rome; lamp handle; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0753/dsc_7490.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
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