Lamp (Type XXV)
Lamp (Type XXV)

Currently not on view

Lamp (Type XXV),

late 1st century CE

Roman
y578

Information

Title
Lamp (Type XXV)
Dates

late 1st century CE

Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
2.9 x 8.0 x 6.6 cm (1 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Collection
Object Number
y578
Period
Roman (style or period)
Type
lamps (lighting devices), ceramics
Materials
glaze, terracotta
Subject
vine scrolls, figures (representations), mythology

Unknown provenance; part of the Old Collection

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