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NM Ant 1916 :: Lamp

Object description: Mouldmade, small, plastic lamp in the form of a ship. Narrow and deep-bottomed, with a keel and bilge-strakes around the edges of the bottom, having indications of studded bolts. The deck is slightly concave, with an edge of a row of studs between ridges. The main area is taken up with a studded, panelled and slightly stylised Sacred Monogram in relief, between two filling-holes. The vertical stem of the ‘rho’ is raised and at the middle of it there is a pierced loop for hanging up the lamp. The wick-hole is placed at the stern; adjacent to which, is a wick-hole channel. Brick-red clay, traces after oil on surface.

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NM Ant 1916

Terracotta; Earthenware; Clay

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta

Acquisition

Bequest of Mrs. Carolina Benedicks-Bruce, Visby, 1934, to the National Museum, Stockholm.

Description

Mouldmade, small, plastic lamp in the form of a ship. Narrow and deep-bottomed, with a keel and bilge-strakes around the edges of the bottom, having indications of studded bolts. The deck is slightly concave, with an edge of a row of studs between ridges. The main area is taken up with a studded, panelled and slightly stylised Sacred Monogram in relief, between two filling-holes. The vertical stem of the ‘rho’ is raised and at the middle of it there is a pierced loop for hanging up the lamp. The wick-hole is placed at the stern; adjacent to which, is a wick-hole channel. Brick-red clay, traces after oil on surface.

Period

3rd-4th century AD; Late Roman

Name - Photographer

Kaneberg, Ove

Description: Ove Kaneberg, photographer at the The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, 1995-2016.Ove%20Kaneberg%2C%20photographer%20at%20the%20The%20Museum%20of%20Mediterranean%20and%20Near%20Eastern%20Antiquities%2C%20Stockholm%2C%201995-2016.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se, collections.smvk.se, collections.smvk.se, digitaltmuseum.org
Source, Viaf - same as: viaf.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Study Gallery - Showcase 14:06.

5604D.

5553D.

H. 3.5; W. 3.8; L. 7.9

Condition

Intact, but mended. Damaged on bows, stern, and on the bottom. Slightley worn.

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