Lighting DevicesCypriot?8th-6th century BCE

Lamp

750-500 BCE

Description

Wheelmade lamp of the so-called cocked-hat type. Small bowl with two sides pinched together to form a wick rest. Narrow, low, unfinished base with string marks. Red-orange fabric with sand-sized black and white inclusions. Wheel striations over whole of body. Unslipped.

Classification

Lighting Devices

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Cypriot?

Period

Archaic period

Century

8th-6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

3.1 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm (1 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Information sheet in object file indicates that this lamp is from Cyprus. It is not clear whether the statement is conjectural based on the form of the lamp, or if the lamp was actually acquired on Cyprus.