lamp
- Museum number
- 1985,0223.88
- Description
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"Boat-shaped" lamp; smooth grey softstone (steatite) stone; pointed at each end with 2 deep, triangular chambers created by an internal dividing wall; incised pairs of zig-zag lines on the exterior walls; deep sided; three holes bored through partition, one at the top and two near bottom.
- Production date
- 8thC-10thC (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 5.80 centimetres
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Length: 24.50 centimetres
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Width: 8 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Therre are several examples of this shape and material from the Japanese excavations at al-Tur on the southern Sinai peninsula, all from Early Islamic contexts (pers. comm. M. Kawamoto 17/9/03). However, it may be considerably later.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibition History:
2017-2018, 10 Nov 2017 - 18 Feb 2018, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai, India, India and the World: A History in Nine Stories
2018, 6 May- 30 June, National Museum, New Delhi, India and the World: A History in Nine Stories
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1985
- Acquisition notes
- Collected between 1961-1967.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1985,0223.88
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 9a (pre-BM label)
