Lighting DevicesGreek4th-2nd century BCE

Lamp

350-150 BCE

Description

Small, ovoid, wheelmade lamp with deep body. Dome-shaped upper half, no defined rim, medium-sized filling hole. Small, pointed nozzle with rounded tip set low on the body of the lamp with its hole extending up toward the filling hole, forming a small bridge. Tip and bridge of nozzle are charred. Flat, very slightly raised base preserves string marks. Lower walls spread outward and shallowly upward only about a centimeter before joining with upper walls. Orange-tan micaceous fabric with sandy inclusions. Wholly unslipped. Some white and pale green accretion, particularly on base.

Classification

Lighting Devices

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, Late, to Hellenistic

Century

4th-2nd century BCE