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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))

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

Fire/Heat

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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