Fayoum / lamp / Ceramic / Glaze
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.4965
- Object Name
- lamp
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Lamps
- Length
- 8.6 cm;
- Width
- 5.6 c;
- Height
- 2.8 c,;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;78g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- yes
- Full Artifact Description
- Late lamp. Long rounded nozzle and double concave body. Raised band about discus continues down nozzle to wick-hole forming channel on neck. Row of raised dots on either side of neck outside channel end in kind of rosette of three loops and two ends at base. On rim, raised inscription, right side from base of nozzle to handle H A(pi)A, on left side from handle to base of nozzle TPIAC. Greek cross on small discus and four small filling-holes, one between each pair of arms. Ribbed ring handle. Pear-shaped base ring. Coarse white lay, greenish blue to white glaze on body, dark blue glaze on base, outer edges of handle, raised inscription, raised rim about discus and down nozzle, and raised dots and rosettes on nozzle and cross on discus.
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fayoum
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium
- Exhibition Curator
- Talalay, Lauren
- Exhibition Year
- 2010
- Class Title
- The Byzantine Empire
- The Earliest Christians (W2024)
- Class Instructor
- Squatriti, Paolo
- Muehlberger, Ellen
- Class Department
- History
- HISTORY
- Class Number
- 408
- 308
- Class Year
- 2015
- 2024
- Class Semester
- Fall
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.4965
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4965/dscn6317.jpg
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"Fayoum; lamp; Ceramic; Glaze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4965/dscn6317.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
