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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
Date331-64 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Dimensions1 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 3 1/16 in. (3.5 x 5.4 x 7.8 cm)
Object number1968.262
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesEmory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
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
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
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
331-64 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
late 4th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
3rd-mid 1st Century BCE