Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
Roman oil lamps made of bronze or terracotta were common artifacts of ancient Roman life. Bronze lamps with the whimsical shapes of real or mythical animals or peoples were most valued.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
36375
label
Lamp in the Shape of a Ram's Head
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
36375
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Lamp in the Shape of a Ram's Head
description
Roman oil lamps made of bronze or terracotta were common artifacts of ancient Roman life. Bronze lamps with the whimsical shapes of real or mythical animals or peoples were most valued.
provenance
Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 53, no. 461; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2nd century CE (Imperial Roman)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
lamps
covers
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.8
height
3.4
dimensionsRaw
4 1/4 x 1 5/16 in. (10.8 x 3.4 cm)
Source extras
med
bronze
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
2189
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
d99c7a0d6522fb43