Almond Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Keyhole Relief

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Almond Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Keyhole Relief

terracotta: mold-made, fabric: fine with inclusions, hole diameter: 2.0 cm. Munsell: 5 YR 7/6 reddish yellow
height 2.0 cm
length 9.5 cm
width 5.9 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #251, PSU 024 (44)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This slipper-shaped lamp of light orange hue has line decorations on top that form a keyhole shape around the large fill hole and extend to the pierced wick hole. Shape: Almond-shaped slipper lamp with ring base; carinated body profile; large central fill hole; wick hole at pointed end of body; possible missing handle at wide end? Decoration: Raised lip around fill hole; raised keyhole-shaped ridge surrounding fill hole and extending down around wick hole; circular band of raised dots around fill hole between above-mentioned two ridges; another almond-shaped ridge near outer edge of shoulder, outside a series of short radiating ridges and a pair of wavy lines towards the nozzle. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact except for probable missing handle; bad crack on one side along mold seam; encrustation; burning around wick hole.

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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center - Public Access
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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
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Ceramics, Utilitarian Objects
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Lamp
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