Classical
Terracotta saucer-shaped oil lamp
Open, wheel-made. Narrow, horizontal rim, pinched in on one side with two projections flanking an applied, solid handle. Raised base ring and slightly concave base. One large chip in rim and most of handle missing. Length: 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm) Height: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification
- Object type
- Lamp
- Material
- Clay
- Period
- Iron AgeCypro-Classical
- Date
- 399 - 300 BC
- Place of production
- probablyCyprus
Accession No.
74.51.1991
Collection
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 2523, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2020. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Terracotta Oil Lamps. no. 20, p. 47, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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