Lamp Handle Fragment / Paint / Clay (unfired)

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1859
Object Name: Lamp Handle Fragment
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Paint; Clay (unfired)
Length: 1.9
Width: 3.4
Height: 6.3
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Isis Lactans, enthroned, right leg foreword on foreshortened platform, draped to ankles, looks straight out and holds head of nude Harpocrates with left hand, and right hand to breast. Backside indicated with characteristic perforations; two holes for insertion of grip, lower base portion of grip remains. Very pale brown clay (muns 10 YR 7/3.5) moulded hollow in two halves and sealed at sides. Bottom sealed with rounded edge of lamp. Traces of orange paint.
Countermark: no
Publication Title: Isis Lactans: Corpus des monuments gréco-romains d'Isis allaitant Harpocrate; Agyptische Terrakotten du Griechisch-Romischen und Koptischen Epoche vorzugweise aus der Oase el Faijum; Die Agyptisch-Griechischen Terrakotten; De grieks-egyptische terracotta's in het Rijksmuseum van oudheden; Breccia, fascicule I
Publication Author: Tran tam Tinh, V.; Kaufmann, C. M.; Weber, Wilhelm; van Wijngaarden, W. D.
Publication Year: 1973; 1913; 1914; 1958; 0000
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 140 KB
Record: 0000.00.1859
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1859/0000_00_1859p01.tif

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Lamp Handle Fragment / Paint / Clay (unfired)

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