Round Terracotta Lamp with Rosary Relief

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Round Terracotta Lamp with Rosary Relief

terracotta: mold-made, fabric: fine with many inclusions. Munsell: 7.5 YR 6/4 light brown
height 2.7 cm
length 8.3 cm
width 5.6 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #288, PSU 119 (143)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This well worn, gray lamp is circular of body and has a medium length, thick nozzle. There is a rosary around the recessed fill hole and there are incised lines radiating from the rosary. Shape: Round bodied lamp with shallow ring base set off by inner and outer circular grooves; short vertical grooves on underside at juncture of nozzle and body; slightly carinated body profile; small concave discus with central fill hole; extended nozzle, lopsided, slightly squared at end. Decoration: Possible traces of slip.  Relief decoration on top consisting of curved groove marking off wick hole; band of raised rings encircling discus; radiating grooves and ridges on shoulder; horizontal ridge at juncture of body and nozzle, curled at either end; rounded field of parallel grooves on top of nozzle; impressed dots at ends of grooves in an arched pattern. Inscriptions: Potter's mark on base (circle and dot). Condition: Intact; minor surface chips; heavily burnt; heavily 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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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.