Lamp

Title: Lamp
Inventory Number: A0273
Date Acquired: 1955
Source: Transferred from Thayer Collection.
Provenance: ?
From Date: 401
To Date: 500
Description: Slipper lamp with stumpy vertical lug handle. Carinated reservoir w thick, flat-edged carination; large fill hole defined by two raised ridges. Relief decoration on rim: Greek cross in mandorla flanked by two raised dots on nozzle behind which diagonal lines extend to raised dots, 2 pairs of 3, one line of 3 flanking handle. Biconvex base defined by raised annulus. Coated w red paint on top and carination, some spilling onto bottom,
State of Preservation: Top surface badly worn, especially on nozzle half, w light and dark incrustation concentrated on top surface.
Height: 2.4 cm
Rim Diameter: 2.55 cm
Base Diameter: 3.95 cm
Length: 8.4 cm
Width: 5.2 cm
Color: Clay body 2.5YR (light red); paint 10R 4/8 (red).
Type: lamp
Material: fired clay