Lamp

Item

Title
Lamp
Inventory Number
A0209
From Date
-299
To Date
-200
Description
Squat round-carinated body on sharply defined offset base; shallowly concave discus w finely incised line defining it on ext, pairs of similar incised lines on body at mid-nozzle & at base of nozzle. Opposite nozzle on shoulder horizontal volute handle. Coated on ext w glossy red slip which darkened at edge of nozzle. Scratched in base uppercase Alpha, Gamma, Iota.
State of Preservation
Most of edge of fill hole in discus chipped off, hole in central base, surfaces chipped and slip badly worn.
Height
4.41 cm
Max Diameter
7.1 cm
Base Diameter
4.85 cm
Color
Clay body 2.5YR 6/8 (light red); paint 2.5YR 4/8 (red).
Type
lamp
Material
fired clay