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Accession_Number

79.1.5

Shape

Lamp

Shape_description

Circular body with convex shoulder and a concave discus with small filling hole. Small raised protruding foot with flat base. Large vertical handle with one incised line along the length of it and a second band laying across the handle at the highest point, also with an incision along it. Long spout with irregular splayed tip, large oval wick hole. joining lines of the handle and the nozzle are apparent.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cnidian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

2.5Y 4/1

Decoration

Single band incision along the handle, both on the top side and the underside. A band across the handle at the highest point which does not reach all the way around the handle but does have an incision along it.

Inscriptions

Condition

intact, chipped at the tip of the nozzle. Joind of the handle and the nozzle are rough, small ammount of white deposit.

Technique/Style

Grey painted ware ?

Provenance

Knidos

Period

Late Hellenistic

Date

2-1 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2005.01.0292.jpg	Top view of a Knidian lamp, showing the band across the handle.
2005.01.0293.jpg	Top view of the bottom of a Knidian lamp.
2005.01.0318.jpg	Oblique view of a Knidian lamp, showing the band across the handle.
2005.01.0336.jpg	Front view of a Knidian lamp, showing the band across the handle.
2005.01.0337.jpg	Front view of a Knidian lamp, showing the band across the handle.
2005.01.0338.jpg	Front view of a Knidian lamp, showing the nozzle.