Lighting DevicesGreek7th-6th century BCE
Lamp
650-500 BCE
Description
Wheelmade lamp with shallow body, rounded, flaring walls, angular shoulder, and narrow, sloping rim. Broad, rounded, bridged nozzle slopes downward at a slight angle from rim. Central tube at floor of oil chamber rises to just below level of the rim and is incompletely open at top. Short base with central hole preserves string marks. Pale buff fabric with heavily worn slip of a darker gray-tan color.
Dimensions
2.1 x 7.85 x 6.1 cm (13/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
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