Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/22.3.42

Accession_Number

22.3.42

Shape

Lamp

Shape_description

Open lamp with wide, shallow, circular body, with curved shoulder and a down turned rim. covered flat nozzle with a large oval wick hole. Horizontal band handle which follows the back of the body. Foot is shallow and slightly concave

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Corinthian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

2.5YR 8.3

Decoration

Black glaze all over interior and exterior.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact and complete. Glaze worn and lost in places, particulaly around the back of the body and the handle. Grey deposit on the interior and the left hand side of the body and nozzle.

Technique/Style

Black glaze

Provenance

From Ruvo

Period

Classical

Date

5-4 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.97.0918.jpg	Oblique right side view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2003.97.0919.jpg	Oblique left side view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp, showing glaze worn around handle area.
2003.97.0920.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp, showing base and handle.
2004.10.0092.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2004.34.0071.jpg
2004.95.0093.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2004.95.0094.jpg	Back view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2004.95.0095.jpg	Left side view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2004.95.0096.jpg	Front view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2004.95.0097.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2004.95.0098.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2005.01.0003.jpg	Top view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2005.01.0004.jpg	Bottom view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2005.01.0046.jpg	Oblique left side view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2005.01.0069.jpg	Right side view of a Corinthian black-glazed lamp.
2005.88.0012.jpg