Terracotta oil lamp

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Broneer Type 29, Group 3. Mold-made. Unpierced handle. Flat, plain discus: a large central filling hole with raised lip; plant motif in nozzle channel. Shoulder: targets within panels, and long tongues on each side of nozzle. Broad base ring, flanked by incised circles, and small uneven base filled with maker's stamp, comprising a rosette of four petal. On underside of body: at front; a band of three incised lines to either side of nozzle; at back, two long curving lappets issuing from base of handle. Body intact; but all but base of handle missing.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art