Oil lamp

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Date1st century BCE - 1st century CE
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 × 2 13/16 × 3/4 in. (9.5 × 7.2 × 1.9 cm) Spout: 15/16 × 1 5/16 in. (2.4 × 3.3 cm) Handle: 11/16 × 3/4 × 1/4 in. (1.8 × 1.9 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineIsaac Hollister Hall, Class of 1859, Collection. Transferred from the Hamilton College Archives; Gift of Janet M. Bates.
Object number2015.6.8
On view

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Knife-parted oil lamp with wheat wreath motif
Exhibition History 2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," May 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
Provenance 2013: Hamilton College (Archives), by gift of Janet M. Bates;
1999: Janet M. Bates, by bequest of her husband, George P. Bates;
?: George P. Bates, Class of 1936, by gift or bequest of his mother, Mary Hall Bates;
?: Mary Hall Bates, by gift or bequest of her father, Isaac Hollister Hall;
1875-77: Isaac Hollister Hall, by gift of General Luigi Palma di Cesnola;
1875-77: excavated by General Luigi Palma di Cesnola
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