lamp

Object Number

SML2005

Name

lamp

Description

Complete lamp

with nozzle and body preserved; no handle in the original. 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 by a rising protruding ring

before reaching the convex surface and sloping downwards to create the bottom part of the base. Only the concave surface is decorated with a flower petal pattern

circling around the central hole. The central hole is smaller than the other specimens

and is approximately the same size as the nozzle hole. No traces of charring on the lamp; traces of red coating visible especially on the base. The nozzle is much reduced/almost non-existent compared to the other specimen

indeed half of the nozzle hole is already formed from part of the body of the lamp. The nozzle is also 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. The base has a circular ring inscribed around it; in the centre are etched the letters theta and epsilon

done before firing. White sediment present on the base. Various scratch marks also present on the lower convex part of the body

with some lines near the nozzle potentially forming the traces of a letter/graffito (omicron visible

but otherwise illegible).

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Complete

Collection Date From

1961

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

25

EMu IRN

164462