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Accession_Number

L.2011.1.37

Shape

Lamp

Shape_description

Lamp fragment, with part of one shoulder and of the nozzle; filling-hole in central discus almost complete.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

African red slip

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

2.5YR 5/8

Decoration

On the shoulder a herring-bone pattern in relief; in the central discus a figure in relief, possibly part of a chi-rho monogram.

Inscriptions

Condition

fragmentary and chipped, with some grey sediment

Technique/Style

Provenance

Carthage

Period

Late Roman

Date

440-550 AD

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

For the sacred monogram in the central discus see to Catalogue of the lamps in British Museum, vol III, 27, pl. 20, group I(c)iii, no Q1761, Hayes type IIB; comparisons in Ennabli 868-76; Hayes ROM 290, all from Carthage. For the shoulder decoration (herring-bone pattern), compare with Q2568, Q2569 (Catalogue of British Museum).

Image

2011.96.0042.jpg	Oblique view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0256.jpg	Oblique view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0257.jpg	Front view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0258.jpg	Front view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0259.jpg	Front view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0260.jpg	Front view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0261.jpg	Front view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0262.jpg	Front view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0263.jpg	Front view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0264.jpg	Oblique view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0265.jpg	Top view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0266.jpg	Top view of a lamp fragment.
2011.97.0267.jpg	Front view of a lamp fragment.