Accession No
1951.2041 A
Description
Copper alloy lamp stand or incense burning stand. From the bottom to the top the stand has: a cylindrical socket, decorated at the top and bottom edges with three incised lines; two inverted flowers or calyxes stacked on top of each other, each with eight petals; a disc-shaped section decorated at the top and bottom edges with double incised lines; three elongated leaves, each with a triangular cross-section and a scrolled end, joined at the top by a ring.
Place
Europe; Southern Europe; Cyprus
Period
Early Iron Age 6th century BC
Source
Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]; Fitzwilliam Museum [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.2041 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
296mm x 145mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
One of these lamp stands [1951.2041 B] was given by Sir Henry Bulwer G.C.M.G and may have come from Tamassos.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession register description for 1951.2041 A-B: 'Two bronze lamp stands.'
Event Date 1951
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Transferred from the Fitzwilliam Museum to the Museum of Classical Archaeology, possibly in 1938, then transferred from the Museum of Classical Archaeology to MAA in November 1951.
Event Date 11/1951
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy lamp stand or incense burning stand. From the bottom to the top the stand has: a cylindrical socket, decorated at the top and bottom edges with three incised lines; two inverted flowers or calyxes stacked on top of each other, each with eight petals; a disc-shaped section decorated at the top and bottom edges with double incised lines; three elongated leaves, each with a triangular cross-section and a scrolled end, joined at the top by a ring.
Event Date 29/2/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:50294
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