Round Terracotta Lamp with Fluted Nozzle

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Round Terracotta Lamp with Fluted Nozzle

terracotta: moldmade, fabric: fine
height 2.4 cm
length 7.4 cm
width 5.7 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #258, PSU 033 (59)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This lamp is circular in form. The short, thick nozzle extends out from the circle and is fluted. The pierced discus is lacking design. Shape: Round bodied lamp with flat base; nearly straight sides; broad concave discus with slightly off-center fill hole; short triangular nozzle, rounded at the end. Decoration: Covered with reddish brown to dark brown slip on all sides.  Pair of volutes flanking nozzle, extending into tapered ridges on sides of body; two circular concentric grooves at outer edge of discus. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact; some minor chips; 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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