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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.557
Title
Greek Lamp
Classification
Lighting Devices
Work Type
lighting device
Date
525-450 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Macedonia, Olynthos (Macedonia)
Period
Archaic period, Late, to Early Classical
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290574

Physical Descriptions

Medium
terracotta
Technique
Wheel-made
Dimensions
2.2 x 7.8 x 6.2 cm (7/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Information sheet in object file reads, "Wheel made lamp from Olynthus. It was found in trench 4 and is of buff clay . . . Since much late black-figured ware was found just below the lamps in trench 4, they might date even in the sixth century. In any case this type probably began in the sixth century and became common in the fifth."

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.557
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Wheelmade lamp with shallow body, curving walls, curved, inwardly sloping rim, and broad filling hole. Strap handle, angled just above the horizontal, preserved only at joins with body. Small, rounded nozzle is chipped at tip and retains extensive traces of charring. Slightly concave base is not delineated. Doughy appearance.
Orange fabric with heavily worn slip ranging in color from dark brown to dark tan. Reconstructed from two large fragments.

Verification Level

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