An early Islamic pottery oil lamp, c. 8th-10th Century A.D.

An early Islamic pottery oil lamp, c. 8th-10th Century A.D.

Code: 2690

£55.00

Description: A circular orange pottery oil lamp with large off-centre filler hole and a small wick hole close to a slightly upturned marginal rim. Traces of soot on the rim close to the wick hole and some surface wear and shallow chips to the body and base. The surface of the lamp with a lighter patina particularly on the underside.

Size: 82 mm/3.2 ins. in diameter, and 40 mm/1.6 ins. high

Culture: early Islamic

Date: c. 8th-10th Century A.D.