Terracotta Lamp
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1866
name: label: Donor Name
content: Capt. U S N Chauncey
notes: label: Notes
content: Notes from Ledger Book: "Sepulchral Lamp"
label: Notes
content: From Card: "Terra cotta. Flat lamp with handle and short brak (?). In center Eagle and female. Jupiter and Io cohabiting. Leolo and Jupiter as a swan. 10/15/58 Fanny Bonajuto of Dumbarton Oaks says, "Leo (?) and Jupiter as a swan"(?) as above handwriting. // card 2. Mold-made lamp with vertical loop handle, short rounded nozzle extending part way across rim, and groove around flat base. Buff clay and orange-red slip. Stamped SEXECHAPR on base. Rim plain. Discus decorated with scene of Zeus (or Jupiter) in form of swan seducing Leda, daughter of Thesttus. Assigned to Type 25, profile 7, fig. 34, in Broneer's classification."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Italy, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Etruscan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00076
label: USNM Number
content: A1355-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lamp