Classical
Terracotta saucer-shaped lamp
Wheel-made with edge folded in to form a narrow wick rest; horizontal rim, with rounded lip; broad, shallow, open body; undefined, flat base. Complete, except for one chip in left edge of rim and crack down front of nozzle. Sooting around nozzle. H.: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), L.: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Lamp
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 399 - 300 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
74.51.1819
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2514, p. 365, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 1, p. 35, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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