Lamp Handle with Dolphins, 4th–5th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall: 8 5/8 x 4 3/16 x 1 1/8 in. (21.9 x 10.7 x 2.9 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, A pair of dolphins use their tails to support the handle’s rectangular plaque. Their heads would have been attached to a now-lost base. Round flat hanging lamps, or polycandela, were lit by oil-filled glass vessels hung from the round holes in their designs
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Lamp Handle, Dolphins, 4th–5th century, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall, 8 5/8 x 4 3/16 1 1/8, 21.9 10.7 2.9 cm, Metalwork-Copper, pair, dolphins, tails, support, handle, rectangular, plaque, heads, attached, now-lost base, Round flat, hanging, lamps, polycandela, lit, oil-filled glass, vessels, hung, round holes, designs
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