![]() A typical Hellenistic lamp had a round, enclosed body and an elongated nozzle. These mold-made lamps were produced primarily in Asia Minor and Egypt. Padlock lamps were wheel-thrown, and later examples of this lamp type were made with clay slips to prevent oil seepage.Ħ th – 5 th century BC, Broneer IV, GreeceĪttic padlock lamp with three nozzles and black, high-gloss slip.Īs the name implies, Hellenistic lamps were produced during the Hellenistic Period between the third and first centuries BC. They are characterized by a shallow, open body, a longer nozzle, and a horizontal handle which, coupled with their rounded bodies, gives them the appearance of a padlock. Padlock lamps emerged in Greece around the seventh century BC and are named as such because of their resemblance to a padlock. Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age, Palestine Red buff ware saucer lamp with pinched nozzles.ġ4 th century BC, Canaanite Period, Hazor, Upper Galilee Wheel thrown open saucer lamp with pinched nozzle.ĭouble pinched nozzle wheel-thrown saucer lamp.ġ2 th - 8 th century BC, Phoenician Period, Malta A large portion of the MPM oil lamp collection is made up of open saucer and pinched nozzle lamps.ġ550-1400 BC, Late Bronze I, Tell Hadidi, Syria Such lamps are known as “Hasmonean” lamps, named after the dynasty that ruled Judea and the surrounding regions at that time. During the Hellenistic Period (third to first centuries BC), Palestinian saucer lamps became more enclosed with the rims being folded to the point of overlapping. Lamps with folded rims are often referred to as “cocked-hat” lamps.īy the Late Bronze Age, the use of open-saucer lamps had spread to Greece and the surrounding areas including the Phoenician and Punic regions. The pinched nozzle was a technological advancement that, by holding the wick in place, prevented the wick from sinking or burning up, and provided a means for focusing light. ![]() These lamps employed a free-floating wick until the Middle Bronze Age when saucer lamps with nozzles in the form of pinched or folded rims appeared in Egypt and the Syrio-Palestinian area. Saucer lamps initially were made by hand-molding but were later wheel-thrown. The earliest and most rudimentary clay lamp form in the MPM Mediterranean oil lamp collection is the round saucer. Where applicable, the classification of lamps in this collection is based on type designations that were developed by Siegfried Loeshcke, Oscar Broneer, and J.W. View Announcement Search toggle Mobile Menu Toggle Wisconsin Statewide Community Science Project.
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