Lamp

Item

Title
Lamp
Inventory Number
A0251
From Date
401
To Date
600
Description
Slipper-type lamp made in Coptic Egypt. Low, sharply carinated reservoir on small ring base, within which potter’s mark composed of two dots at periphery of circle-enclosed dot; vertical loop handle of elliptical section fr just under carination to edge of discus. Around discus & opening toward nozzle two thick raised bands within which around fill hole stylized leaf pattern; on shoulder in Greek capitals AGIOS THEODOROS (St Theodore). Crudely made. Originally covered in red paint. Slight darkening at nozzle.
State of Preservation
Intact.
Height
3.6 cm
Rim Diameter
6.6 cm
Base Diameter
2.7 cm
Length
10.55 cm
Color
Clay body 2.5YR 6/8 (light red); paint 2.5YR 5/8 (red).
Type
lamp
Material
fired clay

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