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Lamp
Greek
Hellenistic Period
2nd–1st century B.C.
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 2.5 cm.; width: 5.4 cm.; length: 7.9 cm
(1 x 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
(1 x 2 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1535
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 radial strokes on shoulder, longitudinal grooves on nozzle with small volutes at junction with shoulder).
Condition: Slight burning and flaking round the wick-hole.
Condition: Slight burning and flaking round the wick-hole.
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.