Terra-cotta Lamp
possibly Roman
Roman, 30 BCE-330 CE
Burnished black clay
Overall: 3 15/16 × 2 9/16 × 1 3/8 in. (10 × 6.5 × 3.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Estate of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906
157.25.13949
Geography
Place Made: Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Furnishings: Lighting Device
Research Area
Classical World
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957, Class of 1906), Hanover, New Hampshire; given by his Estate to present collection, 1957.
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