Body of Roman Imperial oil lamp with two nozzles
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Object number
AR3311
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Body of oil lamp
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| Material: |
Red clay with partially preserved dark red-brownish slip
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| Date: |
1st - early 2nd century A.D. Roman Imperial |
| Description: |
Body of an elaborate large oil lamp with two nozzles. Foot and handle broken and missing, handle ring partially preserved. Flat broad shoulder, large filling hole separated from the shoulder by a high profiled groove. Two long round-tipped nozzles, each with two large volutes. Volute and floral decoration on top and bottom side of nozzles as well as on lower part of the body.
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| Size: |
Length 170mm, width 140mm, height 80mm incl. wooden foot
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| Condition: |
Foot broken and missing, substituted by a wooden base on which the lamp body is loosely sitting. Handle broken and missing, part of the handle ring preserved. One of the nozzles with strong wear / chips, partially missing. Mirror possibly restored / partially remodeled. The body as such in good condition, surface worn but details preserved. Overall impressive piece, despite the damages.
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| Reference: |
See Bussiere and Lindros Wohl, Ancient lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum (2017) Nr. 155-7.
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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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