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Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_top.jpg)
Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_top.jpg)
Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_top.jpg)

Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_top.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_threequarter.jpg)

Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_threequarter.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_profile.jpg)

Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_profile.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_view1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_view1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_view2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_view2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_view3_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_view3_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.284_detail02_ICA.jpg)

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Mold for a Lamp

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Terracotta
  • Possible Place Made: Medinet el-Fayum (vicinity), Egypt
    • DATES 5th century C.E.
    PERIOD Late Antique Period
    DIMENSIONS 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS Yes
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.284
    CREDIT LINE 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
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Terra cotta lamp of pear shape, open, shallow dish, type. Christian cross incised on base of interior. On under side roughly incised inscription (?). Maker's mark incised on base. Condition: Excellent.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Coptic. Mold for a Lamp, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_top.jpg)
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    Coptic. <em>Mold for a Lamp</em>, 5th century C.E. Terracotta, 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5 1/16 in. (2.3 x 8.5 x 12.8 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, 16.284. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.284_top.jpg)

    TAGS

    5th century C.E.
    Coptic
    Coptic Period
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Lamp
    Pear Shape
    Terracotta

    TAGS

    5th century C.E.
    Coptic
    Coptic Period
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Lamp
    Pear Shape
    Terracotta

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