House-Shaped Lamp
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Caption
House-Shaped Lamp, 100–642 C.E.. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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, 16.273. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
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Title
House-Shaped Lamp
Date
100–642 C.E.
Period
Late Roman Period to Late Antique Period
Geography
Possible place made: Saqqara, Egypt
Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Dimensions
4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 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
16.273
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