cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/79.1.18
| Accession_Number | 79.1.18 | ||||||||
| Shape | Lamp | ||||||||
| Shape_description | Rough oval shape, very flat body with a flat discus and filling hole in the centre. There is no nozzle, just an elongation of the discus with a small circular wick hole. Circular ring base. | ||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||
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| Munsell_color | 2.5YR 4/8 | ||||||||
| Decoration | Around outer edge of discus is a band of raised dots within two rings. The inner area of the discus is decorated with eight individual circles with concentric circles within each. There is a ring around the filling hole. The ring base also has two lines extending from it along the longest axis of the lamp. Pale buff wash. | ||||||||
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| Condition | Intact, missing a section at the back of the lamp which could be where a handle has been broken off. Small amount of white deposit all over the interior and the exterior. | ||||||||
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| Height | 1.7 | ||||||||
| Diameters | Max.8.2; min. 7.7 | ||||||||
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| Other_dims. | 3.8 | ||||||||
| Location | 5.1.1 | ||||||||
| Edited_by | Alexandra; Liz | ||||||||
| Date_edited | 01.10.2004; 21.06.2007 |
