National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Lamp Almond
Period: Early Islamic
Material: Pottery
Site: Caesarea
Lenght: 10.2 cm
Wide: 7 cm
Description: Almond-shaped lamp, with a tongue shaped handle, made of brownish-red clay. The complete surface of the lamp is decorated with a network of lozenges. The nozzle is decorated with two carefully designed wheat stalks. The lamp is made in two parts pressed into different moulds and then joined together when the clay was still wet.
Bibliography:
Arnon, Y.D. 2008. Caesarea Maritima, the Late Periods (700-1291 CE). Oxford, 14-15, Fig.7.

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Lamp Almond  
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