lamp

Object Number

SML2000

Name

lamp

Description

Complete lamp

with nozzle

most of body

and handle preserved. Decoration on the upper

convex surface includes an ivy leaf closest to the nozzle

which is then separated on either side by two incised lines

adjacent to each of which is a protruding half knob. On either side of these

and taking up the rest of the circular surface

are elongated semicircles motifs contoured by another line

resembling the top semicircular parts of the flutes of a column and perhaps imitating an egg-and-dart pattern. The inner

circular concave surface around the central hole has no decoration

but has a protruding circular edge half way between the larger outer protruding circular edge and the central hole. Handle has one thick groove down its length

slightly off-centre; no traces of charring on the base of the lamp. Originally broken into at least three pieces

now glued back together into a whole. The nozzle is also much shallower/at 180 degrees straight from the body of the lamp

not sloping upwards as the previous five specimen

but it is fully circular and its nozzle hole larger than the previous few specimen. Bright orange/red sepia paint visible in places.

Specimen Count

1

Preservation State

Complete

Collection Date From

1961

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

7

EMu IRN

164457