Pot Terracotta Lamp with Pedestal Base

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Pot Terracotta Lamp with Pedestal Base

4th century BCE (?)

terracotta: wheelmade, fabric: fine with some inclusions. Munsell: 5 YR 6/6 reddish yellow
height 4.2 cm
length 9.2 cm
width 6.7 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #167, PSU 151 (173)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This orange wheel-turned lamp is pot shaped and has a pedestal base. The medium-length nozzle is flat on top and level with the top of the lamp, and it is deep at the base. The lamp bears no decoration. Shape: Round-bodied lamp with slightly concave disk base; rounded, sagging body profile; large, central fill hole in a concave discus; long, extended nozzle, flat on top, rounded at termination. Decoration: Traces of reddish-brown slip. Circular groove surrounding discus. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact; slip mostly worn away; some chips around wick hole and base; surface worn. 
 

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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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