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Lamp
Byzantine, Egypt
Early Byzantine Period
5th–6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 4.7 cm.; width: 6.3 cm.; length: 11.4 cm.
(1 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
(1 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1543
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionA lamp with a deep ovoid body merging with a large cylindrical nozzle with raised end forming a circular panel round the wick-hole. High biconical sides, lenticular base with small base ring, small flat disc within a near-circular ring. The shoulder is decorated with a molded design in rings and combinations of rings; on the disc indistinct figure of an animal (?). Off-center filling-hole.
Condition: Missing handle.
Condition: Missing handle.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.