Lamp
54-28-236
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 54-28-236 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Cyprus | Kourion | Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates |
| Site Name | Kourion |
| Locus | Tr 9 |
| Period | Hellenistic Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | mold made. Quite worn, nozzle broken at end. Handleless except for small worn lug near fill hole. Thick ridge distinguishes fill hole from body of lamp. Perpendicular radiating ridges around fill hole (outside disc area). Long nozzle with evidence of burning at wick. Base somewhat concave. Thick fabric. Clay mixture of fine and gritty with bits, and bit and drag scars. Fired buff throughout. Smoothed but no evidence of slip or glaze. |
| Height | 2.8 cm |
| Width | 9.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 5.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Cyprus Expedition, George H. McFadden, 1954 |
| Other Number | L1235 - Other Number |
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