Triangular Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Radiating Grooves

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Triangular Shaped Terracotta Lamp with Radiating Grooves

2nd-1st c. BCE

terracotta, fabric: fine with some inclusions and mica. Munsell: 7.5 YR 5/3 brown

height 2.5 cm
length 7.6 cm
width 8.4 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #302, PSU 090 (116)

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

This tan lamp is molded in a triangular shape with three nozzles. It has a centrally pierced fill hole with radiating lines forming the only decoration. Shape: Triangular-shaped lamp with flat base; central fill hole; three long extended nozzles, slightly squared at ends (forming an equilateral triangle). Decoration: Radiating grooves around fill hole between nozzles. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact; minor chips around wick hole and body.

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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.