Sunken Rim Terracotta Lamp

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Sunken Rim Terracotta Lamp

terracotta: mold-made, fine. Munsell: 5YR 5/6 yellowish red
height 2.6 cm
length 7.1 cm
width 6.2 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #208, PSU 008bis (17)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This fictile, sunken rim lamp has a small, pierced fill hole, a broken handle, projections on the side, and has a short, broken nozzle. Shape: Round bodied lamp with flat base, outlined by shallow groove; slightly convex body profile; broad concave discus with small central fill hole; short spout with wick hole; two side lug handles at right angles to spout, unpierced with depressions on top; attachments for vertical ring handle in back (now missing). Decoration: Traces of dark red slip on top. Relief decoration on top consisting of shallow channel from discus to wick hole; band of small depressed circles around outer edge of discus. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Mostly complete; missing rear handle and end of spout; very worn; encrusted and discolored.

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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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