Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: Carthage

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0019
Lot: Delattre, Pere
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Clay (unfired)
Length: 6.8
Width: 6.3
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Arab lamp of light buff clay, shading to pink in interior. Glaze is badly worn, white but bluish green in several places. Iridescent. Open saucer with pinched up lip for wick. Flat handle starting from under side of bowl is broken. Lamp set on a cylindrical base, which is broken.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Provenance: Tunisia
Verbatim Site: Carthage
Countermark: no
Publication Title: Lamps from Carthage in the Kelsey Museum, from Excavations at Carthage, Vol. 2
Publication Author: S. Sidebotham
Publication Year: 1975
Type Category: Artifact

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Carthage; Clay (unfired)