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Olive oil in the hollow interior fueled a wick set into the projecting nozzle. This lamp without a handle could be carried in the palm of one hand. The tube in the center of the oil reservoir provided a convenient finger hole on the bottom.
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Title: Terracotta lamp
Period: Classical
Date: 5th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze
Dimensions: length with spout 4 5/16in. (10.9cm)
Classifications: Vases, Terracottas
Credit Line: Gift of Gisela M. A. Richter, 1938
Object Number: 38.20
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