Pendant Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Radiating Petal Relief

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Pendant Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Radiating Petal Relief

terracotta: mold-made, fabric: fine with some inclusions. Munsell: 5 YR 5/6 yellowish red
height 2.3 cm
length 7.4 cm
width 6 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #278, PSU 127 (150)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This pendant-shaped, red, fictile lamp has a short and broad voluted nozzle. The pierced fill hole is slightly recessed. The fill hole is surrounded by a rosary of large, dangling beads. The bottom bears a potter's mark. Shape: Round-bodied lamp, truncated on one side; slight ring base set off by circular groove; pair of curved grooves on underside where nozzle joins; sharply carinated profile; concave discus with central fill hole; extended rounded nozzle. Decoration: Relief decoration on top consisting of pair of stylized volutes flanking nozzle; band of chevrons on nozzle axis; narrow band of radiating petals on shoulder, rounded and containing impressed dots; this overlays a broader band of longer, radiating petals. Inscriptions: Potter's mark on base (alpha?). Condition: Intact; very worn; burnt 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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