Fustat / Lamp / Ceramic
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1972.01.0019
- Object Name
- Lamp
- 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
- Record
- 1972.01.0019
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1972.01.0019/dsc_3609.jpg
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"Fustat; Lamp; Ceramic". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1972.01.0019/dsc_3609.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 30, 2023.