Lamp
700-900 (made)
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Oil lamp, unglazed red earthenware, almond-shaped with two orifices and vertical handle; moulded on either side with conventional scrolled vine-stems
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, moulded |
| Brief description | Oil lamp, earthenware, moulded in relief with grape bunch scrolls, Syria (probably Jarash), 700-900. |
| Physical description | Oil lamp, unglazed red earthenware, almond-shaped with two orifices and vertical handle; moulded on either side with conventional scrolled vine-stems |
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| Production | Found at Jerusalem |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, Oliver Ceramics from Islamic Lands London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. p.104-5, Cat. Aa.14
Lane, Arthur, 'Glazed relief ware of the ninth century A.D.', Ars Islamica, VI, 56, 1939, pp. 57 (note 6, 59 & fig 6A).
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| Accession number | 1089-1905 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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