Lamp with Inscription on Base
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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. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
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Culture
Title
Lamp with Inscription on Base
Date
5th–6th century C.E.
Period
Late Antique Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt, Possible place purchased: Keneh, Egypt
Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Dimensions
1 9/16 × 2 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (4 × 6.3 × 8.8 cm)
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
Accession Number
16.153
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