Bronze oil lamp with complete ornate handle.
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Overview

Cleveland dates this cast-bronze Roman lamp around 50 BCE–50 CE. Oil entered through its central opening; a single spout held the wick. The museum proposes that its elaborate loop-and-hook handle allowed suspension, or that the lamp stood on a support, and interprets its ornament as decorative as well as practical.

Recorded ownership reaches Barbara Robinson in 2005 and Cleveland in 2023. Its maker and findspot are unrecorded.

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History & identity

Maker unrecorded.

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    Cleveland Museum of Art online catalogue: Oil Lamp (2023.104)

    Cleveland Museum of Art

    Undated online publication; manufacture date and record timestamps are separate.

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  1. Primary institutional object recordOil Lamp — Cleveland Museum of Art 2023.104Research access: 2026-10-21

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