Ceramic oil lamp decorated with the silphium motif, Erythron – Al Athrun, Byzantine period, 12 x 8 cm.

Accessories and instruments – Lamps

Material: Clay/Ceramic | Type: Tools/Instruments Furniture | Countries: Libya

  • Period

    1st millennium BC – AD 1551

  • Red List

    Emergency Red List – Libya

Category

Accessories and instruments – Lamps
Oil lamps and moulds: Ceramics, metal (bronze, silver). Rounded bodies with a hole on the top and in the nozzle, may have a lug. Geometric and floral motifs (beading, rosette, silphium plant) or may have inscriptions.

Mosque lamps: Glass, glazed ceramic. May have a straight or round bulbous body with flared top and several branches.
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