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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Saucer Lamp
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Saucer Lamp

AAT Object Form/Functionlamps (lighting devices)
Place CreatedAsia
Date8th Century BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineGift of John and Maidie Franklin Opladen
DimensionsMaximum: 1 1/4 × 5 1/4 × 5 3/8 in. (3.2 × 13.3 × 13.7 cm)
Object number1982.001.004
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
ProvenanceEx coll. John Opladen (1936-2002), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, purchased in Syria or Lebanon. With High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, until 1982.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1400-1000 BCE
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2000-1600 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
2000-1600 BCE
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early 1st Millennium BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
8th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
8th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
9th-8th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
8th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
8th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
8th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
8th-7th Century BCE