Cleveland Museum of Art

Lamp

Date

late 300s CE

Medium

silver

Culture

Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period

Department

Medieval Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Numerous oil lamps of various shapes and sizes have survived from the late Roman and early Byzantine periods. Most served a basic utilitarian function and were plainly fashioned from clay or bronze. However, a few more elaborate examples, such as this one, have survived in silver. Embellished with an elegant horse-head handle, this lamp was made to fit on the nearby stand, thus offering its owner flexibility of function.

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