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Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum

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In the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum are more than six hundred ancient lamps that span the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, most from the Roman Imperial period and largely created in Asia Minor or North Africa. These lamps have much to reveal about life, religion, pottery, and trade in the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Most of the Museum’s lamps have never before been published, and this extensive typological catalogue will thus be an invaluable scholarly resource for art historians, archaeologists, and those interested in the ancient world.
 
Reflecting the Getty's commitment to open content, Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum is available online at http://www.getty.edu/publications/ancientlamps and may be downloaded free of charge in multiple formats, including PDF, MOBI/Kindle, and EPUB, and features zoomable images and multiple views of every lamp, an interactive map drawn from the Ancient World Mapping Center, and bibliographic references.
 
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Table of Contents

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Cover

Contents

Director’s Foreword

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Notes to Readers

Introduction

Catalogue

Typological Classification

Vessberg type 1, Deneauve type X

Howland type 22 B

Broneer type I

Broneer type IV

Goldman group VIII

Howland type 25 A Prime

Howland type 32

Howland type 33 A

Howland type 40 A, also called “Cnidian” type

Bruneau’s Lampes dites Cnidiennes à entonnoir central group III (Cnidian lamps with central funnel)

Pavolini’s biconical Esquiline type

Ricci type D

Undetermined Hellenistic types

“Ephesus lamps”

“Ephesus lamps” with triangular beveled nozzle

“Ephesus lamps” with round nozzle and flat plate surrounding wick-hole

Asia Minor Hellenistic lamps with two side-lugs

Miscellaneous types of Hellenistic lamps

Dressel type 2 (Warzenlampen)

Dressel type 3

Dressel type 4 (Vogelkopflampe)

Bailey type M (i) (late Vogelkopflampe)

Augustan and Imperial Lamps

Loeschcke type I A = Bailey type A group i

Loeschcke type I B = Bailey type A groups ii, iii, iv

Bailey type A group ii

Bailey type A group iii

Bailey type A group iv

Loeschcke type I B/C

Loeschcke type I C

Loeschcke type I variants

Loeschcke type III = Bailey type D

Loeschcke type IV = Bailey type B

Bailey type B group i, early variants

Bailey type B group ii

Bailey type B group iii

Bailey type B group iv

Bailey type B group v, with handles

Loeschcke type V = Bailey type C

Lamps without handle

Lamps with handle

Deneauve type IV E

Deneauve type V E

Deneauve type V F variant; Bussière type C V 2 (first series)

Deneauve type V G

Deneauve type VI A

Deneauve type VI B

Bailey type F

Loeschcke type VII variant and VI/VII variant

Loeschcke type VIII

Bussière form D I 3

Bussière form D II 1

Bussière form D II 2

Bussière form D III 1

Bussière form D III 2

Bussière form D VII

Bussière form D X 1

Bussière form D X 2

Bussière form D I 1

Bussière form D I 2

Bussière form C II/D I 3

Bussière form D I 3

Bailey type O group vi

Bussière form D II 1

Bussière form D III 1

Bussière form D III 2

Bussière form D IV

Bussière form D X 1

Broneer type XXVII C and D

Broneer type XXVIII

Bussière form D IX

Bussière form D X 1, variants a and c

Bussière form D X 2, variant b

Bussière form D X 4, variants a and b

Bussière form D X 5

Bussière form D X 6

Bussière form D X 10

Bussière form D IX

Bussière form D X 1

Bussière form D X 4, variant a

Bussière form D X 5

Bussière form D X 6

Bussière form D X 10

Single lamps, variants of Loeschcke type VIII

Loeschcke types IX and X (Firmalampen)

Buchi type IX-a = Loeschcke type IX a

Buchi type IX-b = Loeschcke type IX b

Buchi type X-a = Loeschcke type X

Buchi type X-b/c = Loeschcke type X

Buchi tipo X forma corta = Loeschcke type X-Kurzform

Loeschcke type XI (achtförmige Lampen)

Loeschcke type XIII (Tiegellampe)

Loeschcke type XIV (Tüllenlampe)

Deneauve type X A

Near Deneauve type X B

Bussière type E I 4

Ennabli (Raqqada) type 14

Ennabli (Raqqada) type 15

Ennabli (Raqqada) type 16

Atlante type VI (near)

Atlante type VIII B

Atlante type X; Hayes type II

Atlante type X, variants with funnel handle and one or two nozzles

Atlante type XI

Atlante type XIII

Atlante type XVI

Frog lamps

Jug lamp

“Daroma,” or southern Judean, lamp

Syro-Palestinian lamp related to Loeschcke type II

Lamp with horseshoe discus and angular nozzle

Lamp with heart-shaped discus and angular nozzle

Loeschcke type V, or Deneauve type V F, eastern elongated variant

Lamp with delta-shaped body

Lamp with square body, Bailey type I

Lamp with hexagonal body

Lamp with hexagonal discus and ribbed body

Loeschcke type VIII, eastern variants

Late lamps of Asia Minor types

Lamp of “Amorium” type

Late Syrian lamps

Late Palestinian circular lamps

Early Islamic lamps

Miscellaneous Lamps from Asia Minor

Multinozzled Lamps

One-ring Suspension Lamps

Ring-shaped, or Corona, Lamps

Hellenistic fragments of “Ephesus” type lamps

Roman Republican fragments (Dressel type 2)

Roman Imperial fragments of various types

Lampstands/incense-burners

Plastic lamps

Terracotta Lanterns

IV. Metal Lamps

Gold Lamp

Silver Lamp

Bronze Lamps

Lead Lamp

Indices

Index of Iconography

Index of Signatures and Inscriptions

Index of Donors and Vendors

Index of Place Names

Concordance of Identification Numbers

Bibliography

About the Authors

Copyright

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