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Copper-alloy lamp
Intact lamp of spherical body, disk base, long nozzle and filling hole with a lid in the shape of a seashell. Handle in the form of a cross with forked arms. At the centre of the cross is a ring with a chain that ended at a similar ring behind the nozzle and was used to suspend the lamp. On the back side of the cross there is a carrying handle to which is attached a staff supporting the cross.
Code
ΒΑ 51/3
Type
Oil lamp
Chronology
6th c.
Dimensions
Length 15,7 cm., width 6,2 cm., height 4,3 cm.
Material of Construction
Copper-alloy
Origin
Louloudies Kitrous, Pieria