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Lamp with man holding scroll
Roman
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
8 x 12.9 cm (3 1/8 x 5 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward Perry Warren
Accession NumberRES.08.35b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionA plastic lamp showing a seated male figure holding before him scroll on which inscribed false letters; chlamys wrapped around shoulder and waist. Brown clay, traces of thin reddish glaze. Head missing.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1908: gift of Edward Perry Warren to MFA; accessioned 1910