lamp

Object Number

SML2004

Name

lamp

Description

Complete lamp

with nozzle

body

and handle preserved. The upper part of the body comprises of a large concave surface around a central small hole

which (i.e. the concave area) is bordered on the edge by a flat surface in a ring

before sloping downwards to create the bottom part of the base. All these surfaces are undecorated. The central hole is smaller than the other specimens

and this specimens nozzle hole is larger than the central hole. The handle is also sigificantly smaller than the previous specimen both in height

arc

and overall size

with no groove. Instead

the handle has a much smaller circular hole whose diametre only reaches the top of the upper part of the body

and under which the handle continues in tact without a circular hole before joining with the body of the lamp again. Traces of charring at the base and bottom of the handle; traces of red coating visible especially on the base. The nozzle is horizontal/at the same level compared to the body of the lamp (i.e. no rising slope)

and has no neck/space between the outer rim of the body and the nozzle hole

and has a slightly more pointed/sharp contour than the circular contours of the other specimen. Overall the lamp has a much more circular shape than the other elongated

ovular ones.

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Complete

Collection Date From

1961

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

28

EMu IRN

164461