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SHM 14305(a):0006 :: Lamp

Object description: Mould-made lamp. Circular shape with long nozzle and biconical body. Flat base. Circular filling-hole with encircling ridge. Wide, slightly sloping shoulder decorated with an encircling wreath, radial ridges, leaves and a palmette at the base of wick holder, all in relief. Two side knobs. Relief ornament at upper side of the wick-holder. Reddish clay, buff slip.

Data elements

SHM 14305(a):0006

Provenance - Origin

Cyprus.

Material

Terracotta.

Material, Swedish

Terrakotta; Keramik; Lera

Acquisition

From the collection of T.J. Arne, collected in 1907.

Description

Mould-made lamp. Circular shape with long nozzle and biconical body. Flat base. Circular filling-hole with encircling ridge. Wide, slightly sloping shoulder decorated with an encircling wreath, radial ridges, leaves and a palmette at the base of wick holder, all in relief. Two side knobs. Relief ornament at upper side of the wick-holder. Reddish clay, buff slip.

Condition

Fragment of nozzle missing. Burnt at nozzle.

Period

Hellenistic.

Name - Acquired from

Arne, Ture J:son (1879-05-07 - 1965-08-02), Archaeologist

Description: Ture Arne Johnson, born May 7, 1879 in Söderköping, died 2 August 1965, Swedish archaeologist.
PhD in Uppsala in 1914 with the thesis "La Suède et l'Orient, études sur les relations archéologiques de la Suède et de l'Orient pendant l'Age des Vikings". Arne's field of work was mainly the contacts between Scandinavia and the early Russia.
Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Statens Historiska museum

Source - http: collections.smvk.se, www.historiska.se
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Comments

EJ KLAR! Fotograferas. Close to Vessbergs’ type 5a. Part of the comparative collection. Other objects have the same number, therefore (a) is added in the inventory number.

H. 3.5 cm, W. 6.8 cm, L. 9.5 cm

Need of treat

Date - Registration

2008-04-29