Lamp

Object Number:

MS4512

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Minoan

Provenience:

Greece
Crete
Pseira

Period:

Middle Minoan III
Late Minoan I

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Serpentine

Description:

Shape: Conical lamp with edge of rim squared in profile, on low, conical base. Concave reservoir. Upper rim has narrow inner molding rising from inside of flat rim, with two opposed wick-cuttings. Two opposed lug-handles are below rim, opposite the wick-cuttings. Material: Serpentine. Condition: Restored from two large fragments. Some pieces missing.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Classical Gallery: Aegean/Cretan (1975 - 2000)

Bibliography:

[Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 29

[Book] Betancourt, Philip P. 1983. The Cretan Collections in the University Museum: Minoan Objects Excavated from Vasilke, Pseira, Sphoungaras, Priniatikos Pyrgos, and Other Sites. : Page/Fig./Plate: 38-39

[Catalogue] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 32, no. 31 OR p. 36, no. 27

[Book] Coulter. LCC Catalog. : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 78

[Book] Warren, Peter M. 1969. Minoan Stone Vases. : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 53 and p. 227

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