 IAA Number: 1997-3427
 | Object's Name: Stemmed lamp Ball-Shaped
Period: Fatimid
Material: Glass
Site: Caesarea
Height: 9.8 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Description: A lamp made of yellowish glass with silvery weathering. Footed
lamps were put in a candelabra made of bronze wire. This type of lamp
is known since the 4th century and continues to be in use until the
Mamluk period in the 13th century.
This lamp has a rounded body and hollowed foot ending in a globular
knob. It is characteristic of the Fatimid period during the 11th-12th
centuries.
Bibliography: Lester, A. Arnon, Y. Polak, R. 1999. The Fatimid Hoard from Caesarea: A preliminary Report. In : (ed.) Barrucand, M. L'EGYPTE FATIMIDE son art et son histoire.. Paris, 233-248, Fig.5e.
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