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Lamp
Greek
Hellenistic Period
2nd–1st century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 2.5 cm.; width: 5.1 cm.; length: 7.9 cm.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1525
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionCircular-ovoid body, merging with a deep flat-topped blunt-ended nozzle. Shallow biconical profile; small flat circular base, small flattish disc with slight rim. Relief patterns on top, very blurred (faint longitudinal grooves on nozzle).
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.