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.

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

2.5 x 9.75 x 7.9 cm (1 x 3 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

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