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Lamp Handle with Dolphins
A pair of dolphins use their tails to support the handle’s rectangular plaque. Their heads would have been attached to a now-lost base.
Round flat hanging lamps, or polycandela, were lit by oil-filled glass vessels hung from the round holes in…
Round flat hanging lamps, or polycandela, were lit by oil-filled glass vessels hung from the round holes in…
Openwork Lamp with Openwork Inscription
The Sion Treasure (BZ.1963.36.1-3,11 and BZ.1965.1.1,5,12) is an extensive and varied group of liturgical objects and church furnishings discovered in the early 1960s in southern Turkey. A significant part of this treasure is in Dumbarton Oaks, while…
Lampstand or Candlestick
Excavated in Antioch in a fragmentary state and restored, this lampstand or candlestick rests upon three feet, which support a flaring base of petal-shaped aprons. Above, a baluster topped with a disk ends with a four-sided spike known as a pricket.…