Greek Lamps
Dublin Core
Title
Greek Lamps
Description
The ancient peoples of modern-day Greece (comprises of Greek and Hellenistic lamps).
Collection Items
UMD_97.01.09
Type 3: Cocked Hat Lamp; Glazed and Wheelmade. Last quarter of 7th century B.C. Earliest use of the wheel and glaze in Greek lamp production. There is a flattened circular bottom from which the saucer-like flaring sides spread to form the body. The…
UMD_97.01.16.46
Early Greek lamps (types 1 and 2) were open bodied "saucer" vessels with pulled-out nozzles for a wick to lay. They were unglazed and undecorated. Likely made in or near the Athenian Agora.
