Code: 2278
Description: A fawn circular terracotta oil lamp lacking spout and the wick hole on the lamp shoulder. The shoulder decorated with a single band containing vertical bars in relief and a wavy star-shaped pattern with alternating pellets on the discus. The lamp has a simple loop handle (now broken). Some clayey encrustation and a large chip to the underside. Probably from the Levant.
Size: 74 mm/2.9 ins. across
Culture: Byzantine/early Islamic
Date: c. 600-800 A.D.
