Details

Object type

lamp

Place Associated

Cyprus (place associated)

Date

1st century, 1-100 AD

Materials

pale clay

Dimensions

overall: 89 mm x 111 mm

Description

Oil lamp with handle, made of pale clay; moulded with a central grotesque face of a slave and decorated with scroll ornamentation.

This lamp is from Robert Hamilton Lang’s significant donation of more than 300 items. Lang was a Scottish banker stationed in Cyprus from 1861 and 1872, where he managed the Imperial Ottoman Bank in Larnaca and acted as Vice-Consul. He accumulated a large private collection of ancient pottery, glass, coins and other antiquities which he excavated himself or brought from local farmers. His artefacts, and accounts of his discoveries, now provide a valuable source of information on antiquarian endeavours in the 1800s.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by Sir Richard R. Hamilton, 1903

Collection

Sir R Hamilton Lang Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus

ID Number

1903.185.cu

Location

Kelvingrove Expression