Accession_Number | 2016.3.2 |
Shape | Oil lamp |
Shape_description | Ovoid body with convex shoulders and wide central filling hole. Body tapers directly into the nozzle with rounded tip, ovoid wick hole at centre and convex sides. Flat ring foot on the base. |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | Palestine |
Fabric_description | Light grey, whitish |
Munsell_color | 7.5YR8/1 |
Decoration | The lamp is decorated with two moulded rings, surrounding the filling hole, and a stylized palm branch around them. A further stylized palm branch or menorah decorates the nozzle. |
Inscriptions | |
Condition | Complete and intact. Some white chips on bottom and sides of the lamp. Whitish-grey deposits on the whole object, especially on interior. |
Technique/Style | Mould made |
Provenance | Unknown |
Period | Early Byzantine |
Date | 400 A.D. to 600 A.D. |
Dating_details | |
Artist | |
Attribution | |
Image | |
Comparanda | D.M. Bailey, Greek and Roman Pottery Lamp, Oxford 1972, Pl. 14 a. |
Bibliography | N. Adler, Oil Lamps of the Holy Land from the Adler Collection, Israel 2004. |
Archive_Ref | |
Beazley_DB | |
Height | 2.5 |
Diameters | 6.5 |
Handle_height | |
Other_dims. | Nozzle: 1.5; Length: 9.7; Filling hole :3; Base:4 |
Location | 9.2.2 |
Edited_by | Claudia Pinci; Julia; Jayne |
Date_edited | 11.3.2016; 01.06.2016; 14.12.23 |