Accession_Number | L.2011.1.43 |
Shape | Lamp |
Shape_description | Fragment of shoulder and central discus. |
Material | Terracotta |
Fabric | African Red Slip |
Fabric_description | |
Munsell_color | 2.5YR 6/6 |
Decoration | On the shoulder floral pattern (quatrefoil figures). In the central discus part of a cross symbol, possibly a chi-rho monogram. |
Inscriptions | |
Condition | Fragmented, very worn, burnt in one corner and covered in a light brown sediment |
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Provenance | Carthage |
Period | Late Roman |
Date | 440-550 AD |
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Artist | |
Attribution | For the decoration of the central discus, see the Catalogue of British Museum, vol. III, group I(c)iii, no Q1759. For the quatrefoil pattern on the shoulder, compare to Q1768, Ennabli type I4. |
Image | |
Comparanda | |
Bibliography | Catalogue of the Lamps in British Museum, vol III. |
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Height | |
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Handle_height | |
Other_dims. | L: 7.3; W: 3.3; D: 1.9 |
Location | 6.1.C.16 |
Edited_by | Charley Chamberlain and Alice Honey; Marta; Joana Varela; Jayne |
Date_edited | 15/08/2011; 05.04.2017; 23.11.2022 |