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Greek Lamp

Greek Lamp

Greek

Wheelmade lamp with middle volume, ovoid body. Walls flare outward at underside and curve up and around. Rim, in two facets, slopes toward medium-sized filling hole. Long nozzle with splayed ends. Vertical loop handle. Low, concave base. Buff fabric with dark brown-black, semi-lustrous slip, misfired to orange just below handle and in patches on underside. Base unslipped. Gray accretion around rim and on underside.

terracotta

Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic

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