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Lamp

Mold-made Roman lamp. Flat base encircled by groove with a sandalled footprint at the center. Rounded walls form mid-volume reservoir and meet rim at a blunt, obtuse angle. Rim is rounded and slopes upwards. Concave discus separated from rim by two incised grooves. Original concave discus is broken away and has been filed away to fit the front-facing head of a satyr, in similar fabric, which has been glued into place. Round, protruding nozzle squared where it meets rim. Short channel runs between nozzle and edge of discus. Bottom half of vertical pierced handle is original, but upper portion has been restored in plaster. Buff fabric with slip ranging from dark orange to dark brown. Slip is mottled in patches. Discus decoration of similar fabric with slip of slightly lighter and warmer colors. Dimensions include restored handle.

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton Boston MA and Miss Margaret Norton Cambridge MA (by 1920) gift; to the Fogg Museum 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the Misses Norton

50-100 1st century CE Roman Imperial period Early 50 100

Roman

Title: Lamp

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Mold-made Roman lamp.

Flat base encircled by groove with a sandalled footprint at the center.

Rounded walls form mid-volume reservoir and meet rim at a blunt, obtuse angle.

Rim is rounded and slopes upwards.

Concave discus separated from rim by two incised grooves.

Original concave discus is broken away and has been filed away to fit the front-facing head of a satyr, in similar fabric, which has been glued into place.

Round, protruding nozzle squared where it meets rim.

Short channel runs between nozzle and edge of discus.

Bottom half of vertical pierced handle is original, but upper portion has been restored in plaster.

Buff fabric with slip ranging from dark orange to dark brown.

Slip is mottled in patches.

Discus decoration of similar fabric with slip of slightly lighter and warmer colors.

Dimensions include restored handle.

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