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Lamp with ring handle graced with the cross symbol

Lamp with a cross-shaped handle. Cylindrical foot and pear-shaped reservoir. The lid is missing; a fragment remains in the hinge present on the body of the lamp, fixed with a nail still in situ. The handle forms a wide ring and is connected by a thin bronze bar to a cross pattée with a suspension loop in the centre. The body of the lamp is undecorated and has a central filling-hole and a narrow, elongated nozzle with a rounded tip where the wick-hole is located. Between the two holes there is a suspension loop. The foot of the lamp is circular. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for hollow casts.

Cat. 7195/?
Metal / Bronze
395–642 CE
Byzantine Period
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 13 / Showcase 02
  • Donadoni Roveri, Anna Maria-Leospo, Enrichetta-Donadoni, Sergio-Roccati, Alessandro, Il Museo Egizio di Torino: guida alla lettura di una civiltà, Novara 1988, pp. 228–229.
    Tipo=Opere biblioteca SottoTipo=Monografia o Opere Autore=Donadoni Roveri, Anna Maria-Leospo, Enrichetta-Donadoni, Sergio-Roccati, Alessandro Titolo=Il Museo Egizio di Torino: guida alla lettura di una civiltà Sottotiolo= In= Collana= Opera= Luogo=Novara Anno=1988 Menzionato=pp. 228-229 Illustrazione=
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