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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))

Culture

Coptic

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

Fire/Heat

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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