Lamp, Oval lamp made of yellow-gray clay with a high container and two handles through which a bronze chain is strung for hanging. The high, sloping arms are decorated with a plastic ornament of a rectangular mesh. A channel running perpendicularly through the arms from the handle reaches the wick hole and surrounds it, creating a high rim. Coptic oil lamp, 5th/6th century, Egypt. Height 10 cm, width 7.1 cm., A small, worn object with a rough, textured surface in shades of beige, light brown, and gray sits against a plain gray background; it has a hollow cavity at one end and another rounded
GLIX-115-3EC7RC1
Magyarország
Kollekció
GLIX Prime
Novel Use
Fotós / Szerző
Penta Springs, Geo Naturalis
Leírás
Lamp, Oval lamp made of yellow-gray clay with a high container and two handles through which a bronze chain is strung for hanging. The high, sloping arms are decorated with a plastic ornament of a rectangular mesh. A channel running perpendicularly through the arms from the handle reaches the wick hole and surrounds it, creating a high rim. Coptic oil lamp, 5th/6th century, Egypt. Height 10 cm, width 7.1 cm., A small, worn object with a rough, textured surface in shades of beige, light brown, and gray sits against a plain gray background; it has a hollow cavity at one end and another rounded