lamp

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Object Type
Museum number: 1836,0224.468
Description: Mould-made pottery lamp with a circular body, a rounded shoulder, and a short flat-topped semicircular nozzle, set into the shoulder and defined by a lateral groove. At the rear is a pierced handle (broken), grooved along the upper edge. The discus is surrounded by a circular groove; a short grooved channel cuts through this from the discus to the nozzle; in this channel is a pierced air-hole. On the discus is a wreath, tied below. Across the slightly raised base is the impressed name C.OPPI.RES. Covered with a worn orange-red to dark brown slip.
Producer name
Cultures/periods
Production date: 90-140 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Italy
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Italy (probably)
Materials
Type series: Loeschcke VIII (variant); Shoulder-form VIIb
Technique: mould-made; impressed; slipped
Dimensions: Length: 9.40 centimetres; Width: 6.50 centimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Edmé Antoine Durand (sale); Purchased through: Peter Oluf Brøndsted
Acquisition date: 1836
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1836,0224.468

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