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House-Shaped Lamp

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 16.273. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 16.273
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Roman Period to Late Antique Period
Date: 100–642 C.E.
Date range: 100 CE – 642 CE
Materials: ['Terracotta']
Height: 12.0 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, House-Shaped Lamp (16.273). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17764

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Description

Caption: House-Shaped Lamp, 100–642 C.E.. Terracotta, 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.273. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

Terracotta house-shaped lamp with a small funnel-like top and two side openings, shown against a neutral background.

The object appears as a compact terracotta form shaped like a small house or shrine. The top rises to a peaked cap with a single round opening at the apex, consistent with a filling/spout or burner area. The front/face is stylized with a recessed central panel and two irregular, window-like apertures on either side; the “windows” are cutouts rather than painted decoration. A rough seam/repair line is visible along one side/top edge, and the surface shows weathering, chips, and firing or abrasion marks. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible in the image. No cartouche or royal name is identifiable. No clear deity iconography is directly discernible from the photographed features.

decorative Late Roman Period to Late Antique Period (consistent with catalogue; precise dating not determinable from image alone) fragmentary

Materials Terracotta

Connections

Found at Saqqara

Materials Stone Terracotta

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 16.273 tier-2
BKM-Object 9531 tier-2

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