Lamp

L-64-59

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number L-64-59
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Complete. Terracotta. Body shaped like a bull's head. Probably made from a mold. Base is triangular and slightly concave. Entire lamp is triangularly shaped, sides smooth. Two nostrils shown at back of noxxle opening. Filling hole located in forelock. Ears are cuplike. Horns project up and out. Pierced round vertical handle has triangular guard decorated with raised palmette.

Unglazed. Marks of burning on nozzle.

Height 11.8 cm
Length 15.3 cm
Width 10.5 cm
Other Number 82-82 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number

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