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Rare Roman oil lamp with parallel in Getty Museum

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Object number
AR2632
Object: Oil lamp with makers mark CAMPILI
So-called Firmenlampe or Firmalampe

Material: Red clay with patina

Period: 1st - 2nd century A.D.
Roman Empire

Description:    Round body, discus carefully removed in ancient times to increase the size of the filling hole. Three small knobs on the shoulder. A high ring surrounds the discus and the elongated nozzle, creating a channel. Bottom with concentric rings, therein makers mark CAMPILI.
Possibly from a North African workshop. The CAMPILI mark appears to be rare, we could not find a parallel in the literature at hand. This could explain why an almost identical lamp is on exhibition in the J. Paul Getty Museum, see reference below.

Dimensions: Length 76 mm, width 48 mm, height 27 mm

Condition: About 12mm x 17mm small part missing on the nozzle bottom side. Otherwise nicely preserved with traces of red-brownish slip. Old sticker "47".

Reference: Objekt Nr. 83.AQ.377.444 aus der Sammlung des J. Paul Getty Museums

Provenance: Acquired 2018 from the collection T. Warning, northern Germany. Inherited 1984 from his father, Gotthold Warning, who again inherited the collection from his father, Karl Walter Warning. Mr. K.W. Warning acquired all objects for his collection between 1905 and 1925, since then the family collection was permanently in Germany.

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