Multi-wick Lamp

between 3rd and 4th century CE

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About the Artwork

Title Multi-wick Lamp

Artwork Date between 3rd and 4th century CE

Artist ----------

Life Dates ----------

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Roman

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

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Dimensions Overall: 3 × 4 5/8 × 4 1/2 inches (7.6 × 11.7 × 11.4 cm)

Classification Ceramics

Department Greco-Roman and Ancient European

Credit Gift of Frederick Stearns, 1901

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 72.385

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Inscriptions 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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Published References

Corpus Inscriptiones Latinarum. vol. XV, 6319e; vol. XIII, 1001(52).

Bodel, John, and Stephen Tracy. Greek and Latin Inscriptions in the USA: A Checklist published by American Academy in Rome. Rome, 1997, p. 130.

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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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Grosso of Helion de Villeneuve, Grand Master of Rhodes, 1319-1346

Byzantine, Roman

1319/1346

Gros of Hugo IV, King of Jerusalem and Cyprus

Byzantine, Roman

between 1324 and 1359

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Sestertius of Faustina I, reign of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD

Roman

141/161 AD

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Sesterius of Julia Mamaea, reign of Severus Alexander, 222-235

Mint of Rome

226 AD

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Sestertius of Philipp "Arabs", 244-249 AD

Multiple makers

246/249 AD

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Sestertius of Philipp Arabs, 244-249 AD

Multiple makers

247 AD

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Paestan Black-Figure Lekythos with Sirene

Italic

c. 340 BC

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Multi-wick Lamp

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Exhibition History

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Related Works

Grosso of Helion de Villeneuve, Grand Master of Rhodes, 1319-1346

Gros of Hugo IV, King of Jerusalem and Cyprus

Sestertius of Faustina I, reign of Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD

Sesterius of Julia Mamaea, reign of Severus Alexander, 222-235

Sestertius of Philipp "Arabs", 244-249 AD

Sestertius of Philipp Arabs, 244-249 AD

Paestan Black-Figure Lekythos with Sirene

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