BILDER

lamp, lampa

Föremål

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Upphovsman: <presImageByline>Medelhavsmuseet 2008
Upphovsrätt: <presImageCopyright> Utgången upphovsrätt
Licens: <mediaLicense> Licens
Typ <itemType> Objekt/föremål
Datering <presTimeLabel> Roman
Plats <presPlaceLabel> Afrika, Egypten
Description <itemDescription>
  • Mould made lamp of the so-called frog-type. Bulbous, slightly carinated body. Shoulder decorated at rear with animal legs. On left and right decorated with a wing motif with serrated ridges. On the front, adjacent to the filling hole there are two eye shapes extending to two vertical grooves towards the tip of the nozzle. The whole decoration reminds of an abstract frog design. Short splayed nozzl... Visa hela
Inventory number <itemDescription>
Acquisition <itemDescription>
  • Purchased, among other objects, from Swedish colonists in Jerusalem by Sven Hedin, who donated them to the ÖS. In 1928 all the objects were transferred to the SHM.
Comments <itemDescription>
  • Neo-Hellenistic or Egyptian frog lamp. This type of lamps is widely distributed all around Egypt during the Roman era.
Condition <itemDescription>
Dimensions <itemDescription>
Parallels <itemDescription>
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: E.18.1971.
    British Museum, London: Q2100-Q2122.

Cf Publications <itemDescription>
  • Bailey, D.M. (2001) ‘Lamps from the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara and the Monastery of Apa Antinos’, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 87, 119-133.
    Bailey, D.M. (1988) A Catalogue of the Lamps...

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Context <itemDescription>
Utställning / ingår i <itemDescription>
Country / Findspot <itemDescription>
Exhibition, Part of / Current <itemDescription>
  • Study Gallery - Showcase 14:06.
Referens, publicerad i <itemDescription>
  • Wikander, Örjan (1981) "The Comparative Collection: Early Antique Collecting in Sweden" in Medelhavsmuseet Bulletin no 16 (1981) p. 47-57.
Händelse <context>
  • Förvärvad av Statens Historiska museum.
  • Brukad Roman.
  • Funnen i Egypten, Afrika.
Material, engelska<itemMaterial>
Pottery
Terracotta
Clay
Earthenware
Material<itemMaterial>
Terrakotta
Keramik
Nyckelord <itemKeyWord>
  • Historiska museet
  • NM Ant 1115
  • Roman
  • ceramics
Mått <itemMeasurement>
  • Length / Längd: 7,0 cm.
Object, Swedish<itemName>
lampa
Object<itemName>
lamp
Ämne <subject>
  • Kulturhistoria
Inventory number <itemNumber>
Previous ID <itemNumber>
Rättigheter för metadata <itemLicense> Licens
Källa <presOrganization> Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
Källa <url>

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