Black-slipped lamp with shallow, wheel-made body, no foot and angular band handle. Resting surface is reserved.
Diameter: 5.9 cm
Height: 11 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2010) by Zangwill, Shirley
Production date: about 450 BC : Cf BM Catalogue of Lamps I, Q45, for an Athenian version (but with a defined foot) and Q 662 and 664 for Sicilian examples. The clay of this example 'looks' Attic but the footless shape is not easily parallelled in Athens.
Accession number: GR.6.2010
Primary reference Number: 176656
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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