© Museu de Guissona
Omeka ID 515
Iesso
Roman world

lamp

MGECC-prov-24

Object type
oil lamp
Production date
1 / 100
Fabric
lamp of High Empire undetermined production
Museum
Museu de Guissona
Culture
Roman world
Discovery location
Iesso
Materials
clay
Township
Guissona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Segarra)
Technique
moulding
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
35 x 110 x 60 mm
Description
Common ceramic lamp with a red slip of the scrolls type. In the disc it displays a relief corresponding to a major deity in the Roman pantheon, the goddess Minerva. This deity represents wisdom, arts and also war from the strategic perspective. The female figure has the characteristic attributes of this goddess: a long dress to the feet, like a Greek peplum, a helmet, a spear and a shield.