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Lamp with Flat Top and Cross Handle
Byzantine, Coptic
Byzantine (Coptic) Period
5th-6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
8.5 x 7.6 x 15 cm (3 3/8 x 3 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2021.561
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionBronze lamp cast using the lost wax technique. The lamp is pear shaped with volutes on either side of its flat spout. The handle is in the shape of a cross decorated with knobs at its ends. The lamp’s lid is missing, as is a knob from one end of the cross. Would have been placed on a lampstand with pricket.
Provenance2021, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession Date: November 16, 2021)