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Chrismon Lamp   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Byzantine Empire)Unknown author
Title
Chrismon Lamp
Description
English: This terracotta lamp displays the superimposed Greek letters Chi (X) and Rho (P), the monogram of Christ. These initials form a symbol that serves as an invocation, or appeal, for his divine protection. People used clay oil lamps to light their homes and, when decorated with Christian symbols, to refer to Christ as the symbolic light of the world.
Date 4th century
date QS:P571,+350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
(Late Antique)
Medium terracotta
medium QS:P186,Q60424
Dimensions height: 3.3 cm (1.2 in); width: 10.6 cm (4.1 in); depth: 6.5 cm (2.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,3.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,10.6U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,6.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
48.2569
Place of creation North Africa
Object history
  • Pete N. Nickolas ("Helios Old World Antiquities"), Westminster, Maryland, by purchase
  • Walters Art Museum, 1987, by purchase
Credit line Museum purchase, 1987
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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current19:08, 25 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 19:08, 25 March 20121,800 × 1,271 (133 KB)File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = Byzantine |title = ''Chrismon Lamp'' |description = {{en|This terracotta lamp displays the superimposed Greek letters Chi (X) and Rho (P), the monogram of Christ. ...