About the Artwork
Multi-wick Lamp
between 3rd and 4th century CE
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Roman
Unknown
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Overall: 3 × 4 5/8 × 4 1/2 inches (7.6 × 11.7 × 11.4 cm)
Ceramics
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of Frederick Stearns, 1901
72.385
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed: C. Atil(ius) Vest(alis)
Provenance
1901, gifted by Frederick Stearns [1831-1907] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1973-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bodel, John and Stephen Tracy. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist. American Academy in Rome. Rome, 1997, p.130.
Corpus Inscriptiones Latinarum, vol. XV 6319e; cf. XIII 1001(52).
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Roman, Multi-wick Lamp, between 3rd and 4th century CE. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 1901, 72.385.
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