Mold for a Lamp
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Caption
Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E.. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Culture
Title
Mold for a Lamp
Date
5th century C.E.
Period
Late Antique Period
Geography
Possible place made: Medinet el-Fayum (vicinity), Egypt
Medium
Terracotta
Classification
Dimensions
7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 cm)
Inscriptions
Yes
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
16.284
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