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Lamp
Roman
Imperial Period
1st–2nd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 2.8 cm.; width: 7.3 cm.; length: 8.6 cm.
(1 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
(1 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1551
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionA lamp with circular body, small heart-shaped nozzle and no handle; remains of stamped egg pattern around the rim (faint) and no ornamentation on the disc.
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.