Classical
Terracotta saucer-shaped oil lamp
Open, wheel-made. Broad, horizontal rim, pinched into a narrow, projecting nozzle, and an uneven, flat base. Intact. Length: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm) Height: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Lamp
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 399 - 300 BC
- Place of production
- Cyprus
Accession No.
74.51.1992
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2510, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 5, p. 38, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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