Round Terracotta Lamp with Voluted Nozzle

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Round Terracotta Lamp with Voluted Nozzle

1st century CE?

terracotta: mold-made, fabric: fine with some inclusions. Munsell: 10 YR 6/3 very pale brown
height 2.2 cm
length 8.5 cm
width 6.2 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #204, PSU 062 (89)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This circular lamp has a narrow, voluted nozzle extending from it. The centrally pierced, recessed discus has a very simple line design. There is a small hole on one side near the nozzle. Shape: Round bodied lamp with flat base; carinated body profile; broad concave discus with small, nearly central fill hole; extended nozzle, rounded at end; small hole in side of body near nozzle (0.003 m diam). Decoration: Relief decoration on top consisting of a pair of volutes, curled at both ends, on top of nozzle; two concentric ridges at outer edge of discus, framing a band of radiating alternating ridges and grooves. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact; worn; minor chips; minor encrustation.

 

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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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