Lamp

Reproduction

MS5354

From: Greece | Crete | Knossos

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS5354
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: White stone lamp. Wide shallow round bowl. Narrows somewhat toward base. Heavy rim with incised guilloches and edged with bead design. Indentations and projections for two wicks. Rim thickens between wick indentations to form downward projection - tab handles - on either side.

Height 7.8 cm
Outside Diameter 22 cm
Credit Line Purchased from E. Gillieron, 1914

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