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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Slipper Lamp with Palm Branch

AAT Object Techniquemolding (forming)

AAT Object Form/Functionlamps (lighting devices)

Place CreatedAsia

PeriodByzantine Rule

Date6th Century CE

MediumClay

Credit LineCollection of Dr. James Muilenberg

Dimensions3 15/16 x 1 7/16 x 2 11/16 in. (10 x 3.7 x 6.9 cm)

Object number1963.004

Label TextThe slipper-shaped lamp, with molded decoration on the rim and nozzle, was characteristic of the Byzantine and Islamic periods.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - February 12, 2018

ProvenancePurchased by Emory University Museum from James Muilenberg (1896-1974) [Union Theological Seminary], New York, New York.

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