Open Lamp - image 1

Classical

Open Lamp

Pottery open lamp; wheelmade plate-shaped disk of clay with two quadrants pinched in to form the nozzle; no base; reddish-brown clay with a whitish slip or surface. Dimensions: Length: 11 centimetres; Width: 11.40 centimetres Object Type: lamp Techniques: slipped (?); wheel-made

Date

500 - 300 BC

Accession No.

1980,1001.185

Collection

British Museum

Provenance

  • Salamis (Cyprus) (?)
  • Gastria (?)
  • Kourion (?)