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SHM MMI:002 :: lamp

Object description

On a square base, the exterior panels have been carved in the shape of leave reliefs, when seen from upside., with two leaves in the center of each panel and a triangular leave constituting at the same time the leg of the lamp. Of these legs only two persist and also the leaves are damaged. on one of the sides is a projecting part, with different decoration stressing its importance. The projecting, oval element has a circular hole in its center, probably to hold a handle or something similar.

The interior is all plain and circular.

Data elements

Inventory number

SHM MMI:002

Serie nummer

12521

Object

lamp

Country - Origin

Iran : Asia

Material

Steatite

Acquisition

Deposition from the Historical Museum, Stockholm

Description

The interior is all plain and circular.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

9th-10th century AD

Name - Acquired from

Statens Historiska museum

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

NegNo

SHM MMI_002

Height / Höjd

7 cm

Diameter

7,5 cm

Dimensions

H. 7 cm., Rim Ø. 7,5 cm.

Loan in - Current

in-0000.0003, Medelhavsmuseet

Condition

Has lost two of its legs and several fragile parts of the decoration in the exterior walls.

Original register

Islam

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