Lamp on Separate Pricket Stand
Islamic; Coptic
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Object Label
This lamp combines a number of seemingly discrete elements. A stand with a tripod base supports a cross that in turn holds up a lamp. The lamp has a seashell-shaped cover and a ring handle on top of which is another cross.
This Christian lamp includes the common shell decoration found on the fountain depicted in the Jewish mosaic from the Naro synagogue. The same motif is also found on many Jewish tombs in Rome and ultimately derives from the seashell that bore the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
This Christian lamp includes the common shell decoration found on the fountain depicted in the Jewish mosaic from the Naro synagogue. The same motif is also found on many Jewish tombs in Rome and ultimately derives from the seashell that bore the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
Caption
Islamic; Coptic. Lamp on Separate Pricket Stand, 6th–7th century C.E.. Bronze, Lamp: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (8.9 x 7 x 15.6 cm) Stand: 12 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (31.8 x 13.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 41.1086a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Lamp on Separate Pricket Stand
Date
6th–7th century C.E.
Period
Byzantine Period
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
Lamp: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (8.9 x 7 x 15.6 cm) Stand: 12 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (31.8 x 13.3 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
41.1086a-b
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