Oil lamp

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Oil lamp
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date5th century CE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 3.8 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm (1 1/2 x 4 x 3 in.)
Credit LineHamilton College Collection
Object numberINV.655
On view
DescriptionBroneer type XXXI (demonstrating a broad rim with intricate decoration, thin handle, unpierced and ungrooved). Handle broken. Disk missing. Nozzle burned. Boat-shaped with small disk, broad channel from discus to wick-hole; lug shaped handle. Pattern of raised parallel oblique lines on either side of rim; raised ray pattern on base. Clay coarse red.
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Alternate Titles Oil lamp
Exhibition History 2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Provenance by c. 1960s: Hamilton College;
provenance unknown.

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