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SHM 01452:0003 :: lamp

Object description: Mouldmade lamp; circular body with convex profile; slightly concave base, surrounded with a groove. An inscription on base: C.OPPI.RES. The voluted nozzle has a slightly angular tip. No handle. Sloping, wide shoulder. The concave discus with slightly asymmetrically located opening, and an air-hole, has a groove around its edge. On the discus is a gladiatorial combat. Brick-reddish clay and slip.

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Inventory number

SHM 01452:0003

Serie nummer

3649

Previous ID

NM Ant 1087

Object

lamp

Object, Swedish

lampa

Country - Origin

Tunisia : Africa

Place - Origin

Carthage [?]

Material

Terracotta; Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta; Keramik

Acquisition

Purchased from the Admiralty-pharmacist Mr Söderström, in 1848. Reported to have been acquired in Carthage, Tunisia.

Description

Mouldmade lamp; circular body with convex profile; slightly concave base, surrounded with a groove. An inscription on base: C.OPPI.RES. The voluted nozzle has a slightly angular tip. No handle. Sloping, wide shoulder. The concave discus with slightly asymmetrically located opening, and an air-hole, has a groove around its edge. On the discus is a gladiatorial combat. Brick-reddish clay and slip.

Period

Roman; Second century AD

Name - Acquired from

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: www.historiska.se, collections.smvk.se
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 14:04.

Exhibition - Previously

Room 10 Milox

Description: Room 10, Central hall, 3 temporary showcases.Room%2010%2C%20Central%20hall%2C%203%20temporary%20showcases.
Time - Start: 20152015
Time - End: 2017-12-082017-12-08

Sportlov2015

Description: Monter som ställdes iordning inför sportlovet 2015. Oklart hur länge den fanns. Denna gjordes sannolikt om till "Främre Orienten 2017".
Time - Start: 2015-02-202015-02-20
Time - End: 20172017 [?]

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