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Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum

$130.00 at The Getty Museum.

Jean Bussière and Birgitta Lindros Wohl  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…