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Collection of ceramic lamps
Object Number 993-16-60/16287.1.2
Display Title Collection of ceramic lamps
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Palestine / acc. 993-16" Printed on photograph: "H. Clark's Collection / Palestine Pottery / Lamps A.D to 1600 A.D. / Plate 2 H / Lines 1 and 2 Late Jewish & Christian / " 3, 4 and 5 Byzantine; sixth / lamp in Greek "Light of / the world." / " 6 Arabic / Line 7 Crus aders with / crosses / " 8 Late Arabic, Glazed & / wih stands"
Department Photographic
Date 1908
Artist Herbert Edgar Clark
Culture
  • Jewish
  • Arab
  • Greek
  • Byzantine
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Israel / <State> / <County> / Jerusalem
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 28.5751 × 23.495 cm (11 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Collector Herbert Edgar Clark
Donor Donated by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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