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Introduction

Hetherington Collection, University of Winnipeg JMM_2018_04_104025.jpg (M. Funke and S. Obendoerfer)

 

Making light

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ancient_Roman_oil_lamps_in_Milan#/media/File:0739_-_Museo_archeologico_di_Milano_-_Lucerna,_sec._V-VI_d.C._-_Foto_di_Giovanni_Dall'Orto,_13-Mar-2012.jpg

 

Working by lamplight

Hetherington Collection, University of Winnipeg JMM_2018_04_033923.jpg (M. Funke and S. Obendoerfer)

 

Light and Status

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roman_Oil_Lamp_Karak_Museum_Jordan_1115.jpg

 

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Light, Leisure, and Luxury

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Lamps and Enslaved Persons

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Lamps and Magic

Lamps from the Fountain of Anna Perenna (P. Ripat)