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Inventory number

ΝΜΑ 408

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Lamp

Period

Hellenistic Period

Date

300-275 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.038 m
Length: 0.082 m
Body diameter: 0.06 m
Filling-hole diameter: 0.019 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, underfloor case display

Description
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Intact single-nozzle lamp. It was unearthed in 2000 during the Makrygiannis plot excavation in a foundation ritual pit beneath the floor of House Λ (foundation ritual ΝΜΑ 16).

The base is slightly raised and the body walls rounded with horizontal rim. A plastic ring runs around the filling hole. The nozzle is relatively short with flat top and rounded end. On the right there is a small lug. The inside of the lamp covers brown-red glaze. Fire traces are markedly evident on the exterior top.

Ελευθεράτου, Σ. (επιμ.), Το Μουσείο και η Ανασκαφή. Ευρήματα από τον χώρο ανέγερσης του Νέου Μουσείου της Ακρόπολης, Αθήνα, 2006, σελ. 56, εικ. 129, αρ. κατ. 129