Terracotta Lamp with Circular Ridge and Brown Slip

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Terracotta Lamp with Circular Ridge and Brown Slip

terracotta: mold-made, fabric: fine reddish clay. Munsell: 2.5 YR 6/4 light reddish brown
height 3.9 cm
length 10.0 cm
width 8.0 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #60, PSU 150 (172)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This red, fictile lamp is partially covered by a brown slip. It is delphiniform and the side projection is very small. The lamp is void of any decoration other than the incised circle around the recessed fill hole. The nozzle is medium and wide. Shape: Round-bodied lamp w/disk base and long nozzle with rounded termination; central fill hole surrounded by concave plain discus set off by groove; small unpierced lug on one side, slightly less than right angle to spout. Decoration: Red to dark brown slip covering top and dripping down sides; underside unslipped. Unevenly fired. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Mostly intact; surface worn w/ numerous small chips and abrasions; burning around wick hole; some encrustations.

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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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