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Accession_Number 49.10.2
Shape Lamp
Shape_description 'Cocked hat' open lamp with pinched in sided that form an unbridged nozzle. Slightly out turned rim. Base is not demarcated and is not completly flat.
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description Course with inclusions
Munsell_color 5YR 6/6
Decoration
Inscriptions
Condition Intact, small chip out of the back of the rim. White deposit all over with areas of blackening around the nozzle and around the rim.
Technique/Style Wheelmade
Provenance Cyprus ?
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2005.01.0015.jpg
Top view of a lamp, showing blackening around the nozzle and rim.

2005.01.0016.jpg
Top view of the bottom of a lamp.

2005.01.0052.jpg
Oblique view of a lamp.

2005.01.0076.jpg
Front view of a lamp.

2005.01.0077.jpg
Front view of a lamp, showing blackening around the nozzle.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height Max. 3.2
Diameters 10.2
Handle_height
Other_dims. L. incl. nozzle 10.6
Location 5.2.6
Edited_by Alexandra
Date_edited 01.10.2004
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