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About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
Object's Name: Menorah Handled
Period: Fatimid
Material: Glass
Site: Caesarea
Height: 7.2 cm
Diameter: 5.4 cm
Description: A small lamp of the mosque-lamp type made of cobalt blue glass. The lamp has a ring base, globular body and a tapering neck. Three attached handles are located between the neck and the shoulder. A small tubular container for a wick is attached inside the lamp. This type of lamp serves as the prototype for the large glass mosque lamp from the Mamluk period. The lamp is covered with white enamel-like weathering .The lamp is intact
Bibliography:
Lester, A., Arnon, Y. Polak, R. 1999. The Fatimid Hoard from Caesarea: A Preliminary Report. In : (ed). Barrucand, M. LEGYPTE FATIMIDE son art et son histoire. Paris, 233-248, Fig. 5h.

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