Lamp

48-2-295

From: Turkey (Country)

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-295
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Byzantine (uncertain)
Provenience Turkey (Country)
Date Made 500-699 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Leaf ornament on the handle is broken at the end. Foot is chipped. Cover and hinge is missing. Lamp has flat body and large nozzle. Low conical foot has a diamond-shaped opening in the center. Cone-shaped projection in the center of the bowl. Between the nozzle and bowl on tip is a tongue pattern. handle is composed of a ring for grasping.

Length 10.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 165 - Collector Number | L-2-281 - Old Loan Number

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