Lamp with Victoria

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Title

Lamp with Victoria

Date

1st century CE

Creator

Unknown (Roman)
Roman

Coverage

Style/Period: Loeschcke I B/C; Roman
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa

Type

decorative art|religious and cult objects

Format

Materials/Techniques: Terracotta, likely mould-made
Measurements: 10.0 cm long, 7 cm wide, 3.0 cm tall

Description

One wick discus lamp made with pale, brownish-yellow clay. Round body with a concave discus which features winged Victoria. The representation is indistinct, but the goddess faces left, and a wing is clearly visible on the right. The discus is set off from the rim by three concentric ridges and has one fill hole at the bottom left. Lamp has a short, wide nozzle that ends in a flared, obtuse-angled nozzle. The nozzle is voluted, and the wick hole is relatively large. Flat circular base. This description fits with the typology of Loeschcke type I B/C.

Subject

oil lamps

Identifier

Repository Accession Number: 984.1.8
Record: UO-MCA-984-1-8

Source

Cataloguer: Georgian Parkes and Rhys Tushingham, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Rhys Tushingham, University of Ottawa
Image Date: 2023-11-15

Rights

The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee