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Accession_Number 26.7.8
Shape Lamp
Shape_description Bulbous body, wider in the lower part. Projected rim with a very small discus area leading to an irregular filling hole. Long nozzle with a wide, flat, oval wick hole. Applied strip handle attached to the rim and reaching down to the base. Flat unmarked base. Tall indentation on the left side of the body.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Attic
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 2.5Y 4/1
Decoration Incised band along the right hand side of the handle, black wash all over.
Inscriptions
Condition Complete and intact. Small chip on spout mouth, and slight dent to one side. Wash worn in places, small amount of deposit.
Technique/Style Black glaze; moulded (?)
Provenance Khorsiai
Period
Date 1 c. AD
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Oblique right side view of a black-glaze lamp.

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Top view of a black-glaze lamp.

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Bottom view of a black-glaze lamp.




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Top view of a black-glaze lamp.

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Bottom view of a black-glaze lamp.

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Oblique left side view of black-glaze lamp.

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Left side view of a black-glaze lamp.
Comparanda
Bibliography
Archive_Ref reference 1
reference 2
Beazley_DB
Height 3.3
Diameters Rim (exterior) 3.6; rim (interior) 1.2
Handle_height 3.1
Other_dims. L. incl nozzle and handle 11.0; Spout: L. 2.5; W. 1.3
Location 11.1.1
Edited_by Faye Cheesman; Alexandra; Jasmin Payne
Date_edited 15.07.2003; 19.10.2004; 04.09.2018
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