ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Lamp Mould
AAT Object Form/Functionmolds (shaping equipment)
AAT Object Form/Functionlamps (lighting devices)
Possible OriginAfrica
CultureRoman
PeriodRoman Empire
Date1st-3rd Century CE
MediumLimestone
Credit LineMuseum purchase through the generosity of Robert McCreary and Dr. and Mrs. Jack Bleich
Dimensions7 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (18.1 x 3.2 x 13.3 cm)
Object number2003.050.003A/B
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006-February 12, 2018MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 14, 2024 - Present
Published ReferencesBonhams, London, Antiquities (May 14, 2003), 180, lot 560.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2003 - February 2004.
Mark D. Ellison, "'The Eye in Darkness': Late Antique Oil Lamps in Daily Life and Domestic Religion," in Up Close and Personal: Intimate Devotions and Everyday Objects from Late Antiquity, ed. Mark D. Ellison (Nashville: Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, 2015).
ProvenanceEx coll. P.M.S Jones, Swansea, Wales, collected ca. 1960-2000. Purchased by MCCM from Bonhams London, May 14, 2003, lot 560.
Status
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- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
2nd-3rd Century CE
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