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Oil lamp, Islamic art, Arabic culture, Umayyad dynasty 661–750, Hisham II Umayyad caliph; 691–743, utility ceramics, Arabic ceramics, oil lamp, everyday life in the Middle East, geometric ornament, made of fine yellowish clay, modelled in a two-part mould; the upper part, with relief patterns, is decorated with rosette motifs arranged symmetrically among delicate dots; the entire composition at the edge of the lamp is surrounded by an ornamental band filled with a chevron pattern. 7th–8th century, Khirbat al-Mafjar, height 3.2 cm, width 6.9 cm, length 11.0 cm, A roughly oval, beige-brown clay object with a textured, pitted surface sits against a light gray background; it has a large irregular central opening and a smaller rounded opening near one tapered end, with shallow incised linear and chevron patterns across its top and edges, and an overall weathered, earthy appearance with variations of tan, light brown, and darker brown in the crevices.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A30_244

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Keywords

Oil lamp Islamic art Arabic culture Umayyad dynasty 661–750 Hisham II Umayyad caliph 691–743 utility ceramics Arabic ceramics oil lamp everyday life Middle East geometric ornament fine yellowish clay modelled two-part mould upper part relief patterns decorated rosette motifs arranged symmetrically delicate dots entire composition edge lamp surrounded ornamental band filled chevron pattern 7th–8th century Khirbat al-Mafjar height 3.2 cm width 6.9 cm length 11.0 cm roughly oval beige-brown clay object textured pitted surface sits light gray background large irregular central opening smaller rounded opening near tapered shallow incised linear chevron patterns across top edges weathered earthy appearance variations tan light brown darker brown crevices.