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Lamp

Lamp

Greek

Wheelmade lamp with deep body and slightly incurving walls which are squared at join with rim. Broad, convex rim slopes down towards filling hole. Medium-sized filling hole. Long, narrow, flat-topped nozzle rounded at end. Broad strap handle, with incised ridge just below upper edge, set at slight angle above the horizontal. Low, concave base. Light orange fabric with semi-lustrous black slip. Base unslipped. Gray accretion in patches on body.

Terracotta

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

Lighting Devices