Wheel-made Wick-rest Lamp

Wheel-made Wick-rest Lamp

Description:

Wheel-made pottery lamp made from a deep open bowl, pressed in at the sides to form a wick-rest. The rim is triangular in plan, with rounded corners, and the side-walls are almost vertical. There are string marks on the base.


Dimensions: Length: 7 centimetres; Width: 8.40 centimetres


Object Type: lamp


Techniques: wheel-made

Period:

Geometric III

Date:

800 - 700 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Sanctuary of Apollo (Idalion)

Accession Number:

1873,0320.183