Round Terracotta Lamp with Extended Nozzle

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Round Bodied Terracotta Lamp with Extended Nozzle

terracotta: moldmade, fabric: fine with some inclusions
height 2.5-3.4 cm
length 9.6 cm
width 6.1 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #315, PSU 34-911

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

Roman period, 1st century CE. Shape: Round bodied lamp with flat base set off by circular ridge; slightly carinated body profile; broad central fill hole; long, broad, and extended nozzle with flaring sides and rounded end; slightly offset wick hole; upright, partially pierced, pyramidal handle. Decoration: Slightly recessed circular area on top extending onto nozzle axis; two parallel, closely spaced, horizontal ridges on nozzle axis; curved volute-like ridges on sides on nozzle, extending onto underside of body and nozzle. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Nearly complete; large chips by fill hole; badly cracked; flaking surface; worn; whitish encrustation; heavily burnt near 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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