Object Number | B9068 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Syria | Phoenicia |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Ceramic |
Iconography | Boy | Harp |
Description | CBS Register: Terracotta lamp, said to come from Syria, boy stretched on ground and harp. PBS XVI: Lamp molded in two pieces, with one stamped relief on the upper, -and sometimes one on the lower part. This type of lamp belongs to the Graeco-Parthian period, and most of the subjects are Greek. Here the winged Eros reclining on a couch, plays on a small kithara. An orb on two inverted horns forms an appropriate frame. |
Credit Line | Babylonian Expedition to Nippur II, 1890 |
Other Number | PBS XVI: 368 - Other Number |
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