Lamp
Item number Cd369 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
One wick lamp made of unpainted orange clay with a circular body as viewed from the top, two protruding points either side of a channel that leads to the rounded nozzle. There is a vertical tapering handle opposite the nozzle. The lamp is decorated along the top of the shoulder with an impressed band consisting of a series of concentric circles separated by dividing lines. Top surface's central field or discus is concave and encircled by a rim extending around the wick hole with two filling holes. The discus is impressed with a large bowl-like vessel or kantharos set between two oil holes.
History Of Use
Oil is burned from a saturated wick.
Cultural Context
Lighting device.
Narrative
Reported to have been found in a tomb near Carthage. Roman form but made and used in North Africa.
Item History
- Made in Tunisia between 300 and 400
- Owned by Lawrence L. Chambers
- Owned by Robert Garrett before September 5, 1978
- Received from Robert Garrett (Donor) on September 5, 1978
What
- Name
- Lamp
- Identification Number
- Cd369
- Type of Item
- lamp
- Material
- clay
- Manufacturing Technique
- moulded and fired
- Overall
- height 3.2 cm, width 8.0 cm, depth 13.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tunisia
Who
- Culture
- Roman
- Previous Owner
- Lawrence L. Chambers and Robert Garrett
- Received from
- Robert Garrett (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- between 300 and 400
- Ownership Date
- before September 5, 1978
- Acquisition Date
- on September 5, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0483/0003
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