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Clay Lamp with a Christogram in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2010

Clay Lamp with a Christogram in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, January 2010
Clay Lamp with a Christogram
Roman or Byzantine, said to be from Maidum, Egypt
Made 300-500 in the eastern Mediterranean

Accession # 06.1232.96

Inexpensive clay lamps, made from molds, provided light for most people. Religious images used as decoration were thought to offer protection for their owners.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.
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