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        "tombstone": "Lamp, 100\u20131 BCE. Italy, Roman. Bronze; overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.12",
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        "title": "Lamp",
        "creation_date": "100\u20131 BCE",
        "creation_date_earliest": -100,
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        "culture": [
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        "technique": "bronze",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "Greek and Roman Art",
        "collection": "GR - Roman",
        "type": "Metalwork",
        "measurements": "Overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)",
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            "overall": {
                "height": 0.096,
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                "length_inch": 7,
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        "state_of_the_work": null,
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        "related_works": [
            {
                "id": 130344,
                "description": "Candelabrum, 100\u20131 BCE. Italy, Roman. Bronze; overall: 137.4 cm (54 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.11",
                "relationship": null
            }
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        "did_you_know": "Romans used olive oil as their main lamp fuel.",
        "early_education_description": null,
        "artlens_description": null,
        "description": "Bronze lamps like this one were used to create artificial light. A wick was placed in the nozzle and oil poured into the opening below the handle. Here the handle terminates in an elaborate boar\u2019s head, with its bristly hair indicated with tiny lines. When the lamp was lit, figural handles, like this boar, would cast complex and interesting shadows. <br> <br>This lamp and stand were not found together, but illustrate how they would have been used in antiquity.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79912086"
            ],
            "internet_archive": [
                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1953.12-lamp"
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Milliken, William M. \u201cPart II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1953.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 41, no. 6 (1954): 131\u201374.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned p. 144",
                "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141973"
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        "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1953-02-04T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": -100,
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        "date_text": "100\u20131 BCE",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-29 06:44:06.467000"
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