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Ancient Art
Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery
Explore image in Lamp mold
5th century A.D.
Stone
5 × 14 × 28.5 cm (1 15/16 × 5 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.)
Gift of Ambasador and Mrs. William L. Eagleton, Jr., B.A. 1948
1980.33.7
Culture:
Roman
Period:
Roman, 5th century A.D.
Classification:
Lighting Devices
Provenance:
El Djem, Tunisia
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions 1980,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 38, no. 2 (Winter 1982): 74.
John W. Hayes, Late Roman Pottery (London: British School at Rome, 1972), 224, 241–243.
Abdelmajid Ennabli, Lampes chrétiennes de Tunisie (Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1976), pls. 51–7 for cross monograms.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
