Lamp
Reproduction
MS5353
From: Greece | Crete | Knossos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5353 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Knossos |
| Creator | E. Gillieron |
| Locus | Palace, Shrine of the Snake Goddess |
| Period | Late Minoan II |
| Date Made | 1913 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Plaster |
| Description | Original: Grey stone lamp. Wide shallow round bowl, small base. Heavy rim framed with bead design and decorated with snails shells in relief. Indentations in rim for two wicks. Two handles project downward from rim at ninety degrees each side of wick indentations. |
| Height | 8.8 cm |
| Width | 18.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from E. Gillieron, 1914 |
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