
Classical
Saucer-shaped Pottery Lamp
Pottery open lamp; wheelmade saucer-shaped disc of clay with quadrants pinched in to form a nozzle; deep, with a carinated body and narrow; burnt at the edge of the wick rest; string marks under the base; whitish-buff clay. Dimensions: Length: 12.50 centimetres; Width: 13 centimetres Object Type: lamp Techniques: wheel-made; pinched
Date
500 - 400 BC
Accession No.
1980,1001.188
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Salamis (Cyprus) (?)
- Gastria (?)
- Kourion (?)