J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 80.

1973.04

Sicilian Lamp

Cyril Henry Leach Bequest, by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. Ht 1.8cm; length 4.9cm; diam. 3.6cm.

Intact. Pinkish orange-buff clay, slightly micaceous and with red inclusions. In-curved wall with simple vertical rim. Unpainted.

Despite their differences in detail, these three small lamps all belong to the same basic type characterized by its relatively large nozzle and, more especially, by the very simple body with more or less vertical wall and lack of any form of cover. Their chronology is not entirely secure but they most likely belong to the sixth century BC. An apparent counterpart in fabric as well as form is one published in the catalogue Sir John and Lady Beazley Gifts (ed. H.W. Catling et al., Oxford 1967) pl. 61, 456, but that is said to have been found at Kade Kui (ancient Chalcedon) in Turkey.

See 1966.15 and 1973.04 in this catalogue for a similar lamp.

J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 80.