ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Lamp With Decorated Discus Showing a Lion
AAT Object Techniquemolding (forming)
AAT Object Form/Functionlamps (lighting devices)
Place CreatedAsia
PeriodRoman Period
Date1st-2nd Century CE
MediumClay
Credit LineCollection of Dr. James Muilenberg
Dimensions15/16 x 2 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (2.4 x 6 x 8.3 cm)
Object number1963.007
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982MCCM 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
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
ProvenancePurchased by Emory University Museum from James Muilenberg (1896-1974) [Union Theological Seminary], New York, New York.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
1st-2nd Century CE
ca. 5th Century BCE
1st Century CE
37 BCE-4 CE
1st-2nd Century CE
3rd-early 4th Century CE
late 1st Century BCE-early 1st Century CE
3rd Century CE
late 1st Century BCE-early 1st Century CE
3rd Century CE
2nd-3rd Century CE
