Lighting DevicesGreek6th century BCE

Greek Lamp

600-500 BCE

Description

Wheelmade lamp with shallow body, slightly curving walls, and flat, overhanging rim. Broad filling hole. Small, rounded, bridged nozzle is heavily charred. Remains of vertical strap handle at lower rear. Base is flat and not delineated. Orange fabric. Unslipped. Reconstructed from two large pieces. Nozzle heavily damaged, most of handle missing, chipping on rim and along floor of oil chamber.

Classification

Lighting Devices

Technique

Wheel-made

Medium

terracotta

Culture

Greek

Period

Archaic period

Century

6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

2.25 x 9.95 x 7.15 cm (7/8 x 3 15/16 x 2 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Excavated at Olynthus. Published: Robinson, Excavations at Olynthus, Vol. II, fig. 297, no. 2.

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