Round Terracotta Lamp with Greek Column Relief

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Round Terracotta Lamp with Greek Column Relief

terracotta: mold-made, fabric: fine. Munsell: 2.5 YR 5/6 red
height 2.4 cm
length 7.8 cm
width 6.0 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #295, PSU 067 (94)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This rose-gray lamp is molded in a circular form. The short, thick nozzle barely protrudes from one side. The pierced handle is continuously attached from the edge of the discus to the underside of the lamp.  The eccentrically pierced, recessed discus is decorated with a short, Greek column. Shape: Round bodied lamp with flat base set off by circular groove; sloping lower body; carinated to rounded shoulder; broad concave discus with off-center fill hole; short rounded nozzle; slight heart-shaped ledge around wick hole; vertical ring handle with dorsal groove and pair of grooves on top. Decoration: Relief decoration on top consisting of one raised dot at juncture of nozzle and body; band of alternating dots, rosettes, and rings on shoulder; two concentric ridges of varied widths around discus; relief on discus in form of columnar altar with rectangular base; fluted shaft; horizontal top with loops hanging on either side (Ionic order?); representation of flames on top. Inscriptions: None.  Condition: Intact; minor chips; slight traces of burning; overall good condition.

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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.