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Source Description
Candelabra, or lamp stands, supported the oil lamps that the Romans used for light. A bronze or terracotta lamp would be placed on top of the stand, while hooks on the sides would hold chains from which other lamps could be suspended. Similar examples have been found in the excavations at Pompeii.
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Document identity
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13929
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Lamp Stand
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13929
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title
Lamp Stand
description
Candelabra, or lamp stands, supported the oil lamps that the Romans used for light. A bronze or terracotta lamp would be placed on top of the stand, while hooks on the sides would hold chains from which other lamps could be suspended. Similar examples have been found in the excavations at Pompeii.
provenance
Excavated 1882, Bolsena (Volsinii), Italy. Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 12, pt. II, p. 7]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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1st century
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en
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Metal
candelabras
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63 in. (160 cm)
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bronze
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6191
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ROM
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