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Accession_Number

78.12.18

Shape

Lamp

Shape_description

'Cocked hat' lamp, shallow open lamp fashioned from a bowl with two sides folded in to provide a wick rest. The rim is thick and very pronounced leading on to a vertical sided shallow reservoir. the base is flat but there is no foot.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Very light salmon coloured. Very few red inclusions

Munsell_color

10YR 7/6 Marianne's Correction: 10YR 8/6

Decoration

Obvious wheel marks which could constitute pattern.(?) Possible wire marks on sides and underside.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, a few chips around outside of rim, scratches on inside and underside. Base roughened. Small amount of black at the end of the wick rest, white deposit in places. Two small holes, one on the underside of the rim, the other on the base. Unglazed.

Technique/Style

Plain ware

Provenance

Cyprus

Period

CA I CC II

Date

8-4 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2005.01.0281.jpg	Over head view of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2005.01.0282.jpg	View of the base of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2005.01.0313.jpg	Oblique left-side view of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2005.01.0330.jpg	Left side view of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2005.01.0331.jpg	Front view of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2008.99.0737.jpg	Oblique Left-side view of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2008.99.0738.jpg	Left side view of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2008.99.0739.jpg	Front view a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2008.99.0740.jpg	Right side view of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2008.99.0741.jpg	Back view of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2008.99.0742.jpg	Over head view a Cypriote unglazed lamp.
2008.99.0743.jpg	View of the base of a Cypriote unglazed lamp.