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Accession_Number 79.1.9
Shape Lamp
Shape_description Deep circular body, small concave shoulder leading to large filling hole. Flat long nozzle with concave sides, a splayed tip and an irregular oval shaped wick hole. Large circular straight sided foot with a concave base.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Apulian
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 6/6
Decoration Balck glaze all over interior and exterior. raised ring around the filling hole.
Inscriptions
Condition Back section of body missing, could have once had a handle attached, Chipped all over, small amount of white deposit on the interior.
Technique/Style Wheelmade, Black glaze
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Top view of an Apulian lamp.

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Top view of the bottom of an Apulian lamp.

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Oblique view of an Apulian lamp.

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Front view of an Apulian lamp.
Comparanda
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 2.5
Diameters 5.8
Handle_height
Other_dims. L. incl Nozzle 8.9; base 4.1
Location 11.1.1
Edited_by Alexandra
Date_edited 16.11.2004
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