Skip to main content
© 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
Date6th-7th Century CE
MediumClay
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions1 x 3 1/4 x 2 in. (2.5 x 8.3 x 5.1 cm)
Object number1968.260
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
ProvenancePurchased from an unknown source by Prof. Immanuel Ben-Dor with museum funds.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
6th-mid 7th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
5th-6th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
2nd-mid 1st Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
331-323 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
3rd-4th Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
late 3rd-mid 4th Century CE