Round Terracotta Lamp with Petal Relief

Description: 

Round Bodied Terracotta Lamp with Petal Relief

terracotta: moldmade, fabric: fine with some inclusions
height 2.5 cm
length 8.2 cm
width 5.1 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #196, PSU 173 (191)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This brown lamp is circular of body and has a medium length, broad nozzle. The decoration consists of petals around the recessed fill hole. Shape: Round bodied lamp with flat base surrounded by a very shallow groove; carinated body profile; central fill hole in concave discus; long extended nozzle, slightly triangular, rounded at tip. Decoration: Possible traces of red slip.  Relief decoration on top consisting of a central ridge on nozzle axis flanked by volutes; band of short radiating petals around discus, each with a central ridge; outer band of longer radiating loops. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact; minor surface chips; very worn; burnt around wick hole.