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Lamp
Byzantine, Egypt
Early Byzantine Period
6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 4.7 cm.; width: 6.3 cm.; length: 8.9 cm
(1 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
(1 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1536
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionAn ovoid lamp with an applied open band-handle, decorated with a rosette on the disc and a floral star-like pattern (molded ornament in dots and branches) on the shoulders. Made of brown clay and reddish-brown slip.
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.