Catalogue of the Greek and Roman lamps in the British museum / by H.B. Walters.

  • British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Catalogue of the Greek and Roman lamps in the British museum / by H.B. Walters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Preface ........... iii Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . v List of Plates vii List of Lamps illustrated on Plates of Shapes (xxxviii-xliii) ix - .Introduction Uses of Lamps in Antiquity ....... xi The Manufacture of Lamps ....... xvi Classification of Types ....... xviii Subjects on Lamps . . . . . . ... xxvi Inscriptions . . . . . . . . xxxiii List of Potters’ Names ........ xxxvii CATALOGUE. I. Bronze Lamps (1-117) 1. Greek Types (1-6) ....... 1 -2. Roman Lamps (7-117) ....... 2 II. Leaden and Iron Lamps (118-124) ..... 20 III. Marble and Stone Lamps (i25-129) . . . . 22 IV. Clay Lamps (130-1397) 1. Minoan period (130-136) ...... 24 2. Graeco-Phoenician types (137-157) ..... 25 3. Greek Lamps (158-389) ...... 27 4. Roman Lamps (390-1397) . . . . . 55 1. Modelled in various forms (390-442) . . . . 55 2. Miscellaneous (mostly early varieties) (443-529) . . 64 3. Lamps with pointed nozzle with volutes (530-627) . 80 4. Lamps with rounded nozzle with volutes (628-853) . 95 5. Fragments from handles of lamps (854-886) . . 129