Cologne / lamp / Ceramic / Glaze
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Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.1698
- Object Name
- lamp
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Lamps
- Length
- 6.4;
- Width
- 4.1;
- Height
- 2.7;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;39 g
- Inscribed
- yes
- Full Artifact Description
- Fine hard pale gray clay with yellow-brown glaze. Lamp in form of crude moulded mask. Wick hole at end of beard. Thin hooked nose. Slanting eyes emphasized by line incised about them and dot for pupil after removal from mould. Filling hole in forehead. Ring handle. Oval base ring. Inscription in raised letters.
- Gazda: Lamp with mask-like face. Clay.
- Verbatim Date
- mid 2nd - early 4th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Germany
- Verbatim Site
- Cologne
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Case 42 - Gaul/Germany
- Exhibition Curator
- Gazda, Elaine
- Exhibition Year
- 2009
- Class Title
- Roman Empire in German Culture
- Spirits, Ghosts and other Spectral Beings in German Culture
- Class Instructor
- Hell, Julia
- Class Department
- Classics
- German
- Class Number
- 350
- 457
- Class Year
- 2016
- Class Semester
- Winter
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 1704 x 2272
- File Size
- 127 KB
- Record
- 0000.00.1698
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1698/0000_00_1698p03.tif
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:0000.00.1698:0000_00_1698P03.TIF
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"Cologne; lamp; Ceramic; Glaze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1698/0000_00_1698p03.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.