Caption

Lamp, repossession Zabkowice Slaskie, Egypt, Coptic art, antiquity, oil lamp, Middle Ages. Oval lamp made of yellow-gray clay with a high container and two handles, through which a bronze chain is strung for hanging the lamp. 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. 5th–6th century, Egypt, oil lamp, height 10 cm, width 7.1 cm, An irregularly shaped object with a rough, worn surface suspended by a metal ring through a small loop at its top, showing a textured upper face with a pattern of shallow diamond-shaped depressions and an underside that tapers to a blunt point; the object displays a palette of beige and tan with areas of light brown and small darker speckles, and the background is a uniform gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A19_249

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72.7Mb (1.1Mb) / 20.0in x 14.1in / 6000 x 4236 (300dpi)

Keywords

Lamp repossession Zabkowice Slaskie Egypt Coptic art antiquity oil lamp Middle Ages Oval lamp yellow-gray clay high container two handles bronze chain strung hanging lamp high sloping arms decorated plastic ornament rectangular mesh channel running perpendicularly arms handle reaches wick hole surrounds creating high rim 5th–6th century height 10 cm width 7.1 cm irregularly shaped object rough worn surface suspended metal ring small loop top showing textured upper face pattern shallow diamond-shaped depressions underside tapers blunt point object displays palette beige tan areas light brown small darker speckles background uniform gray.