 IAA Number: 1999-1993
 | Object's Name: Lamp Piriform
Period: Umayyad
Material: Pottery
Site: Caesarea
Lenght: 9.8 cm
Wide: 6.6 cm
Description: Pear-shaped lamp made of orange-brown clay with a round base and a
conic-shaped handle. The lamp comprises two molded parts joined
together. The upper part is devided into ridge-filled transverse bars
with an upper dotted line. A stylized vegetal pattern decorates the
area around the filling hole.
Bibliography: Rosenthal, R. and Sivan, R. 1978. Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection. Jerusalem, 131-132, 538-540.
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