Lighting DevicesGreek4th century BCE
Greek Lamp
400-300 BCE
Description
Wheelmade lamp with middle volume, ovoid body. Rim, in three facets, slopes toward broad filling hole. Long, flat-topped nozzle, broken away at tip. Horizontal loop handle broken at join with body. Low, flat base. Orange, micaceous fabric with micaceous, matt, black-brown slip, weathered to a grayish-brown. Some chipping around rim and on base.
Dimensions
3.05 x 8.6 x 5.95 cm (1 3/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Information sheet in object file reads: "Wheel made lamp from Olynthus. Found in House A VI 2 in Room b."
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