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1. Broken candlestick

Museum number:
6-19158
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)
Object class:
Broken (damaged) and Candlesticks
Dimensions:
a:— 40 millimeters, a:— length 75 millimeters, and a:— length 40 millimeters
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt

2. Candelabrum

Museum number:
8-3003
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Object class:
Candelabras (candleholders)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Vignaccia temple, Caere (ancient place), Central Italy

3. Candelabrum fragments

Museum number:
8-1382b,c
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Object class:
Candelabras (candleholders) and Fragments (object portions)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Etruria (Historic), Central Italy

4. Candlestick base

Museum number:
6-19157
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)
Object class:
Candlesticks
Dimensions:
95 millimeters, 25 millimeters, 3 millimeters, and width 18 millimeters
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt

5. Incomplete oil lamp

Museum number:
6-8736
Culture or time period:
18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC) and 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)
Object class:
Incomplete, Oil lamps, and Pottery
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:
Uncertain tomb and cemetery, Deir el-Ballas, Upper Egypt
Collection date:
1900-1901

6. Lamp

Museum number:
8-302
Culture or time period:
Iron Age of Cyprus (ca. 1050–525 BC)
Object class:
Oil lamps
Collector:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Cyprus

7. Lantern

Museum number:
6-8041
Culture or time period:
18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC) and 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)
Object class:
Lanterns (lighting devices)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:
House 1356, Deir el-Ballas
Collection date:
1900-1901

8. Oil lamp

Museum number:
8-4585
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Object class:
Oil lamps and Pottery
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Chiusi, Tuscany, Central Italy

9. Oil lamp

Museum number:
8-3186
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Object class:
Oil lamps
Collector:
Robert H. Coleman
Collection place:
Etruria (Historic), Central Italy
Person depicted:
Venus (Roman deity)

10. Oil lamp

Museum number:
6-8600
Culture or time period:
18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC) and 19th Dynasty of Egypt (1295–1186 BC)
Object class:
Oil lamps and Pottery
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection place:
Uncertain tomb and cemetery, Deir el-Ballas, Upper Egypt
Collection date:
1900-1901