Fustat / Lamp / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 1972.01.0019
Object Name: Lamp
Lot: The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Ceramic
Weight: 85.5g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Oil lamp. Intricate relief patterns adorning the top of the lamp consist of abstracted vegetation, including stylized grape vines and a pine tree. The short spout bears scorch marks from lapping flames, and the interior is blackened from use. Molded ceramic (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: 9th - 10th 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); Case 22 - Michigan Excavations BR Drawer Fustat: Excavations in Early Islamic Egypt
Exhibition Curator: Gruber, Christiane; Wilfong, Terry
Exhibition Year: 2016
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
Class Instructor: Gruber, Christiane
Class Department: History of Art
Class Number: 490
Class Year: 2013
Class Semester: Fall
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 1972.01.0019
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1972.01.0019/dsc_3595.jpg

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Full citation: "Fustat; Lamp; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1972.01.0019/dsc_3595.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.