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What is now old, once was new ... Antiqua quae nunc sunt, fuerunt olim nova...

 

Lamps

Selection of ancient lamps and their trial reconstructions

 

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Mars

Oil lamp with a representation of Mars, supporting a victory trophy on his left shoulder. This lamp is said to be from Pozzuoli. The National Museum in Copenhagen, Collection of Classical and Near Eastern Antiquities, i.n. 3637. Photo: N. M. Copenhagen/ John Lee – after: The Spoils of Victory... p. 166: Fig. 1. In the right: a fresh stamp with the figure of Mars prepared

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Dillingen Pachten

Lamp in the shape of a foot wearing a sandal with rivets (similar to caliga), whose original was found in the grave 94 in Dillingen Pachten, kr. Saarland (drawing after: Kolling and others 1974). The 1st century A.D.

In the right and below: trial model of the lamp from Dillingen Pachten.

Dillingen Pachten
Dillingen Pachten
     
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Trial replicas of wheel-made lamps: Phoenician, Greek and late Roman
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