Coptic. <em>Lamp with Inscription on Base</em>, 5th–6th century C.E. Terracotta, 1 9/16 × 2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (4 × 6.3 × 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.153. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.153_view1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Lamp with Inscription on Base, 5th–6th century C.E. Terracotta, 1 9/16 × 2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (4 × 6.3 × 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.153. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.153_view1_ICA.jpg)

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Lamp with Inscription on Base

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic

MEDIUM Terracotta

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS

Place made: Egypt
Possible place purchased: Keneh, Egypt

DATES 5th–6th century C.E.

PERIOD Late Antique Period

DIMENSIONS 1 9/16 × 2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (4 × 6.3 × 8.8 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 16.153

CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Buff color pottery lamp of conventional shape. Frog in high relief on upper surface with circular opening in center of his back. Circular spout with low rim. Christian symbol incised on base. Good workmanship. Condition: Surface worn, otherwise good. The lamp originally had white slip traces of which remain scattered over entire surface.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Coptic. Lamp with Inscription on Base, 5th–6th century C.E. Terracotta, 1 9/16 × 2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (4 × 6.3 × 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.153. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.153_view1_ICA.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.16.153_view1_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007

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