Roman firma lamp with handle
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Object number
AR2463
| Object: |
Roman oil lamp with handle So-called Firmenlampe or Firmalampe |
| Material: |
Red clay with dark red slip
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| Period: |
1st - 2nd century A.D. Roman Empire |
| Description: |
Round body, discus without decorations. Two small knobs on the shoulder. A high ring surrounds the discus and the elongated nozzle, creating a channel, therein another small air hole. Disc-shaped handle with large hole, flat wide base.
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| Dimensions: |
Length 97 mm, width 60 mm, height 40 mm
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| Condition: |
Perfectly preserved including the dark red slip.
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| Reference: |
Alram-Stern, Die römischen Lampen aus Carnuntum (1989) Nr. 145; 158
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2018 from the German family collection Bergweiler which was formed over several generations. Acquired by Ä. and P. Bergweiler between 1965 and 1967 at Antiquitätenhandlung Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany.
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| Authenticity: |
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