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

Lamp

AAT Object Form/Functionlamps (lighting devices)
Place CreatedAsia
Date3rd Century CE
MediumClay
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Max Schloessinger
DimensionsMaximum: 1 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (3.2 × 5.7 × 8.9 cm)
Object number1964.020
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 14, 2024 - Present
ProvenanceEx coll. Dr. Miriam Schaar Schloessinger (1880-1972), New York, New York, acquired from Riolin, Jerusalem, 1940.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
37 BCE-4 CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
3rd-early 4th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
late 1st Century BCE-early 1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
late 1st Century BCE-early 1st Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
2nd-3rd Century CE