Lamp

Title: Lamp
Inventory Number: A0255
From Date: 1
To Date: 100
Description: Convex-sided reservoir on ring base carinated just below sharp articulation w large, shallowly concave discus which ringed w 2 raised bands within which 6 palm branches, alternating broad & slender, radiate from fill hole, w small annular depressions between every pair. Broad spathate nozzle w three of same rings at base; lugs shaped like cat ears w depression in “ears” & “forehead” on either side of reservoir; broad tri-partite vertical loop handle from shoulder to rim. On flat surface within ring base 5 annular depressions in Greek cross formation. Coated all over w red glaze, except for small section of surface within handle. Some darkening on end of nozzle & top of handle.
State of Preservation: Ca 1/2 discus & one tip of nozzle restored in plaster, now pink, chipped on lugs and ring base & sporadically on surface.
Height: 7.0 cm
Rim Diameter: 9.6 cm
Base Diameter: 5.35 cm
Handle Width: 1.85 cm
Width: 11.44 cm
Color: Clay body 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown); slip 10R 5/8 (red).
Type: lamp
Material: fired clay