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NM Ant 1919 :: Lamp

Object description: Mould-made lamp with hollowed stand. Carinated body. Nozzle with rounded tip and a flat, heart-shaped area around the wick-hole. Plain filling-hole area defined by a raised rim. Slightly sloping shoulder decorated with row of impressed ovules depending from the rim. Pierced handle with a decorative ornament representing the external female genitalia. Semi-fine, very pale brown fabric. Thin reddish-brown slip.

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References (3)

NM Ant 1919

Terracotta; Earthenware; Clay

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta

Acquisition

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

Description

Mould-made lamp with hollowed stand. Carinated body. Nozzle with rounded tip and a flat, heart-shaped area around the wick-hole. Plain filling-hole area defined by a raised rim. Slightly sloping shoulder decorated with row of impressed ovules depending from the rim. Pierced handle with a decorative ornament representing the external female genitalia. Semi-fine, very pale brown fabric. Thin reddish-brown slip.

Condition

Mended. Plaster additions on stand.

Period

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

Comments

Labelled “XX”.

NegNo

4782D.

Cf_Publications

Bailey, B. M. Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum, vol II.

4755D.

17,4,including19,9 cm

Width / Bredd

4,2 cm

Dimensions

H. 17.4, including handle 19.9; W. 4.2; L. 9.2.

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NM Ant 1919 :: Lamp

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