Lighting DevicesGreek6th century BCE
Lamp
600-500 BCE
Description
Wheelmade lamp with relatively shallow body, rounded walls, angular shoulder, and sloping rim. Broad filling hole. Small, rounded, bridged nozzle. Central tube at floor of oil chamber rises to lowest level of rim. Flat, unmarked base with central hole corresponding to oil chamber tube. Substantial string marking on base. Pale buff fabric. Unslipped or no remaining slip.
Dimensions
2.5 x 9.75 x 7.9 cm (1 x 3 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
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