Lamp

MS4157

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4157
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Section Mediterranean
Materials Steatite
Description

Stone lamp. Small steatite lamp; black stone with white crystals. Much broken; restored in plaster. Low base, from which sides rise. Edge of rim slants outward; top flat, with two wick-cuttings. Small deep reservoir; two small pendant lug-handles below rim.

Height 6 cm
Depth 0 cm
Thickness 2.6 cm
Outside Diameter 11.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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