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Brass hanging lamp with a griffin handle, Early Byzantine, 5th-6th century. The lamp is boat-shaped with holes for oil and wick. The curved neck of a griffin emerges from a calyx to form a handle. A dove sits between the griffin's ears, above a Christogram.Hanging chains may be original to the lamp, but it also has a bayonet fitting on the base for a stand. Found at Herculaneum,Italy. M AND ME,1897,8-20,1
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART209471
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4000px × 3506px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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5th century CE
Byzantine (c.395-1453)
Dove
Griffin
Herculaneum, Italy
Lamp