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Source Description
Roman artifacts, such as this simple, inexpensive, terracotta oil lamp, often turned up in excavations. They were even found in the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium), through which ran the northern boundary of the Roman Empire.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
13022
label
Oil Lamp with Figure of Eros
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
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13022
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Oil Lamp with Figure of Eros
description
Roman artifacts, such as this simple, inexpensive, terracotta oil lamp, often turned up in excavations. They were even found in the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium), through which ran the northern boundary of the Roman Empire.
provenance
Mrs. G. Ashton Sutherland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, February 8, 1972, by gift.
date
1st century CE (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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lamps
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
8.5
height
6
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 3/8 x W: 2 3/8 in. (8.5 x 6 cm)
Source extras
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terracotta
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6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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