Plate Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Ring Base

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Plate Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Ring Base

terracotta: wheelmade, fabric: fine reddish clay, base diameter 5.3. Munsell: 5 YR 7/4 pink.
height 4.5 cm
length 14.4 cm
width 4.5 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #76, PSU 86 P-J

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

Shape: Lamp shaped like a plate with a ring base; domed upper part attached. High raised lip surrounds central fill hole; vertical strap handle from lip to lower edge of dome; cylindrical nozzle opposite handle. Decoration: None. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Mostly complete; some minor chips on underside near nozzle and on handle; 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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Image reproduced with permission from Portland State University Middle East Studies Center. The institutions that house the specific Medieval Portland objects ultimately hold the rights to their image and reproduction; the images are provided here as a courtesy by those institutions and are for non-profit, educational use only.