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Lamp
1st century (?)
Clay
1 9/16 x 5 1/4 x 3 11/16 in. (4 x 13.3 x 9.4 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
L.82
Geography:
Europe
Classification:
Furnishings and Furniture; Lighting Devices
Collection:
C. Densmore Curtis Collection
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- lamps - Lighting devices having a vessel to contain fuel used as a source of illumination, such as grease or oil. The term also refers to relatively small -- of a size to be placed on or beside a desk or table -- household or office lighting devices that incorporate a vessel of glass or some similar material that encloses the source of illumination, whether a candle, oil, gas-jet, or incandescent wire inside a light bulb. The lamp was invented at least as early as 70,000 BCE, originally consisting of a hollowed-out rock filled with moss or some other absorbent material that was soaked with animal fat and ignited. To refer to the glass bulbs used as a component of electric lamps, use "light bulbs."
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