Oil lamp

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Artist/Maker
Datedate unknown
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm (1 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHamilton College Collection
Object numberINV.656
On view
DescriptionSmall oil lamp with elongated spout - no decoration.

Additional Details

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.).
Photograph by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: c. 6th-8th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
Unknown artist
Date: 4th-7th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.20
Oil lamp with vine and leaf motif
Unknown artist
Date: 5th-7th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.46
Unknown artist
Date: 1st-2nd century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.51
Oil lamp
Unknown artist
Date: 5th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: INV.655
Oil lamp
Date: c. 250-400 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: INV.654
Oil lamp
Date: c. 332-30 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1943.10
Unknown artist
Date: before 79 C.E.
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: INV.637
Photograph by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.2
Oil lamp
Unknown artist
Date: 7th-9th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.1
Oil lamp
Unknown artist
Date: 1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.8
Double-wick oil lamp with a depiction of a human face
Unknown artist
Date: 2nd-3rd century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.14