Lamp

MS4512

From: Greece | Crete | Pseira

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4512
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Pseira
Period Middle Minoan III | Late Minoan I
Section Mediterranean
Materials Serpentine
Description

Shape: Conical lamp with edge of rim squared in profile, on low, conical base. Concave reservoir. Upper rim has narrow inner molding rising from inside of flat rim, with two opposed wick-cuttings. Two opposed lug-handles are below rim, opposite the wick-cuttings. Material: Serpentine. Condition: Restored from two large fragments. Some pieces missing.

Height 11.71 cm
Outside Diameter 19.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1909

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