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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStand, late 300s CE. Byzantium, Syria(?), Byzantine period. Silver; overall: 42.6 x 16 cm (16 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1954.597.b
