Fustat / Lamp / Ceramic / Glaze

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1969.02.0162a
Object Name: Lamp
Lot: The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Ceramic; Glaze
Weight: 274 g.
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Oil lamp fractured in several areas. This footed ceramic oil lamp clearly had more than one spout, which would have allowed for several wicks to be lit simultaneously. Glazed ceramic (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
Verbatim Date: 12th - 13th C AD
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Fustat
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
Exhibition Curator: Gruber, Christiane
Publication Title: Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
Publication Author: Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
Publication Year: 2014
Class Title: Working With Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, And Coins; Visual Culture Islam (F2022)
Class Instructor: Gruber, Christiane; Göloğlu, Sabiha
Class Department: History of Art; HISTART
Class Number: 490; 285
Class Year: 2013; 2022
Class Semester: Fall
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1969.02.0162a
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.02.0162a/dsc_3579.jpg

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Full citation: "Fustat; Lamp; Ceramic; Glaze." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.02.0162a/dsc_3579.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.