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Accession_Number

78.12.21

Shape

Lamp

Shape_description

Shallow circular body , small convex shoulder, concave discus with a small filling hole in the centre. Flat nozzle with concave sides, rounded tip and circular wick hole. Circular delineated base, slightly concave.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Cypriote

Fabric_description

Orange pink clay. no visible inclusions

Munsell_color

5YR 7/6 Marianne's Correction 2.5YR 6/8

Decoration

Small moulded ring around the edge of the discus, single volutes on either side of the nozzle. Brown-red wash all over.

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact, upper right half of nozzle is missing, long hairline crack reaching down into the centre of the base from ths damage. Signs of use visible on nozzle. Fracture around the edge of the discus continuing along the nozzle to the wick hole. Brownish red wash is worn, large amount of white-grey deposit

Technique/Style

Provenance

Period

Roman

Date

75-100 AD

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2005.01.0095.jpg	Over head view of a Cypriote lamp.
2005.01.0096.jpg	View of the base of a Cypriote lamp.
2005.01.0141.jpg	Oblique right-side view of a Cypriote lamp.
2005.01.0167.jpg	Right side view of a Cypriote lamp.
2005.01.0168.jpg	Left side view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.01.0038.jpg	Left side view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.01.0039.jpg	Oblique left-side view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.01.0040.jpg	Over head view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.99.0028.jpg	Techn.: Mould made Class: Plain Per.: Roman 75-100 AD Prov.: Unknown Comment: Slightly concave base. Single ring set around the edge of the discus. Single volutes on either side of the nozzle. Condition: Upper half of the nozzle is missing....
2008.99.0029.jpg	Techn.: Mould made Class: Plain Per.: Roman 75-100 AD Prov.: Unknown Comment: Slightly concave base. Single ring set around the edge of the discus. Single volutes on either side of the nozzle. Condition: Upper half of the nozzle is missing....
2008.99.0030.jpg	Techn.: Mould made Class: Plain Per.: Roman 75-100 AD Prov.: Unknown Comment: Slightly concave base. Single ring set around the edge of the discus. Single volutes on either side of the nozzle. Condition: Upper half of the nozzle is missing....
2008.99.0056.jpg	Oblique left-side view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.99.0700.jpg	Oblique right-side view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.99.0701.jpg	Right side view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.99.0702.jpg	Front view of the side of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.99.0703.jpg	Left side view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.99.0704.jpg	Back view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.99.0705.jpg	Over head view of a Cypriote lamp.
2008.99.0706.jpg	View of the base of a Cypriote lamp.