North African Roman oil lamp with bird
€292
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Object number
AR3314
| Object: |
Oil lamp
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| Material: |
Red clay with widely preserved dark red slip
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| Date: |
3rd century A.D. Roman Imperial, North African type |
| Description: |
Tear-shaped oil lamp with high body and flat handle. Flat shoulder. Keyhole-shaped ridge surrounding the discus and the nozzle top, leaving a broad channel connecting the discus to the wick-hole area. Figure of a standing bird on the discus. |
| Size: |
Length 97mm, width 62mm, height 50mm incl. handle
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| Condition: |
Very good condition. Body fully preserved, small chips, one larger chip at handle.
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| Reference: |
See Bussiere and Lindros Wohl, Ancient lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum (2017) Nr. 483
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2022 from the German private collection Teubner. Acquired in the first half of the 1970s from Oberamtsrat i.R. Hans Ullrich, Stuttgart, Germany.
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| Authenticity: |
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