lamp / Ceramic / Slip

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0261
Object Name: lamp
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Object Category: Artifact
Object Type: Lamps
Full Artifact Description: Hard brick red clay with darker red slip. Rounded nozzle with large wick-hole, broad channel leads to discus. Incised rays on rim set off by groove on either side. Raised band on either side of channel carried around discus to handle. Small stamped circle at base of handle, and at neck of nozzle. Rosette of six petals about central filling hole of depressed discus. Solid knob-like handle with single groove, top chipped off. On circular concave reverse are two stamped circles. Three grooves from base of handle to base.
Materials: Ceramic; Slip

Measurements

Length: 11.6
Width: 8.0
Height: 3.5

Provenance

Provenance: Sicily, West?

Publications and Exhibitions

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 194 KB
Record: 0000.00.0261
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0261/0000_00_0261p01.tif

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IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/kelsey:0000.00.0261:0000_00_0261P01.TIF

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Full citation: "lamp; Ceramic; Slip." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0261/0000_00_0261p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 15, 2025.