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Luxury hanging lamp

Χ1078
Metal (Bronze)
Intact
Total Height: 10.7 cm. Length: 12 cm. Width 5.8 cm.
Axos
Roman period:
early 2nd c. AD:
Gallery:
XXII
Case:
226
Exhibition thematic unit:
Classical - Hellenistic - Roman period (5th c. BC-4th c. AD). The Cemeteries
International commerce
Description
Bronze hanging single-nozzle lamp. The body is squat and globular, with a low base, long nozzle and handle in the shape of a horse’s head. The filling-hole is covered with a movable, hinged, disc-shaped lid with a handle shaped like a seated dog. A solid suspension chain is attached to the forehead of the horse-head handle and the base of the spout. This is quite a rare example of a luxury lamp.
Bibliography:
L. Mercando, Lucerne romane del museo di Iraklion, Antichità Cretesi. Studi in onore di Doro Levi, v. 2, Catania 1973, 239, n. 62 (giving provenance as the village of Avdou in error), tav. ΧΧΧVIII,12.
Author:
K. S.


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