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Terracotta Oil Lamp found in Cyprus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Terracotta Oil Lamp found in Cyprus in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010
Title: Terracotta oil lamp

Medium; Technique: Terracotta; mold-made

Culture: Roman

Period: Late Imperial

Date: 3rd-early 4th century A.D.

Dimensions: H.: 1 3/8 x 4 1/16 in. (3.5 x 10.3 cm)

Classification: Terracottas

Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number: 74.51.2217

Description:

The lamp was made in Athens and is decorated appropriately with the bust of Athena (Roman Minerva) on the discus.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

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