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Ancient Art
Public domain

Lamp

ca. A.D. 200–500

Ceramic

5.08 × 8.89 × 12.065 cm (2 × 3 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
Gift of John Crockett
2008.216.14
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Tunisian, Roman
Period: 
Roman
Classification: 
Lighting Devices
Provenance: 

Purchased by J. Crockett at Carthage on April 19, 1970 from a Tunisian dealer of antiquities.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions 2009,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 143.

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