Micaceous Saucer Lamp

Micaceous Saucer Lamp

Description:

Pottery lamp; wheel-made saucer with an inturning rim, pinched inwards on one side to produce a wick; turned underside; cream-buff micaceous clay.


Dimensions: Height: 12.50 centimetres; Width: 12.20 centimetres


Object Type: lamp


Techniques: wheel-made; pinched

Period:

Geometric II

Date:

900 - 650 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Aradhippou

Accession Number:

1880,0710.16