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Source Description
Numerous oil lamps of various shapes and sizes have survived from the late Roman and early Byzantine periods. Most served a basic utilitarian function and were plainly fashioned from clay or bronze. However, a few more elaborate examples, such as this one, have survived in silver. Embellished with an elegant horse-head handle, this lamp was made to fit on the nearby stand, thus offering its owner flexibility of function.
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Document identity
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132036
label
Lamp
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object
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Source metadata
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132036
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object
title
Lamp
description
Numerous oil lamps of various shapes and sizes have survived from the late Roman and early Byzantine periods. Most served a basic utilitarian function and were plainly fashioned from clay or bronze. However, a few more elaborate examples, such as this one, have survived in silver. Embellished with an elegant horse-head handle, this lamp was made to fit on the nearby stand, thus offering its owner flexibility of function.
date
late 300s CE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60760194
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 9.2 x 16 x 7 cm (3 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
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Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period
accession
1954.597.a
Source extras
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silver
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Lamp , late 300s CE. Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period. Silver; overall: 9.2 x 16 x 7 cm (3 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1954.597.a
collection
MED - Byzantine
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 52
citation
Milliken, William. "Early Byzantine Silver." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>45, no. 3 (March 1958): 35-40.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 37; Reproduced: p. 43
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 37
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 37
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 35
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 46-47, no. 6
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:48:27.513000
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132036
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Medieval Art
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MED - Byzantine
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silver
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