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1884.116.61

Ceramic lamp of cream ware with remnants of grey glazed. This lamp has a small round body with short cylindrical neck and plain opening. It has an elongated spout with small opening at the end, which is chipped and broken. There is also a small loop handle opposite the spout. [MOBB [OPS move] 31/5/2016]

1884.116.61

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ceramic lamp of cream ware with remnants of grey glazed. This lamp has a small round body with short cylindrical neck and plain opening. It has an elongated spout with small opening at the end, which is chipped and broken. There is also a small loop handle opposite the spout. [MOBB [OPS move] 31/5/2016]
Long description
Pottery lamp, partly glazed, with nozzle and handle at the opposite end. [ZM 24/6/2005]
Geographical reference
Iraq
Asia > Western Asia > Iraq
[Babylon]
Date
Date collected
By 1879 July 2
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Glazed, Process Handbuilt
Dimensions
Diameter: max 55 mm, Height: max 42 mm, Length: max 103 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.116.61 Other numbers: 155 LM 9 [L M 9] PR no.: 136/ 9680
Research and responses

This item probably matches one of the objects listed in the Sotheby catalogue of a sale on 1-2 July 1879, at which Pitt-Rivers is known to have purchased material from Jordan Hill, Dorset. The section titled "Earthenware objects from Babylon, Etc" (pp. 10-11) includes several entries for lamps [Dan Hicks 08/07/2013]

The number 155 (from Delivery Catalogue) would match lot 155: "Eleven lamps of various sizes, some glazed" (p. 10). [Dan Hicks 19/07/2013]

The 11 objects referred to (Lot 155) here may be PRM accession numbers 1884.116.57-66. [Dan Hicks 19/07/2013]

Associated publications
Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge 1879. Catalogue of Antiquities and Works of Art including the collection of the Baron Heath...and the Musuem of Romano-British pottery and Roman personal ornaments formed by the late Mr James Medhurst of Worthing and Weymouth; comprising vessels in terra-cotta, bronze figures &c., cinerary urns, early Roman implements, beads, Roman coins...(1-2 July 1879). London: Dryden Press (Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge). I have placed a copy of this catalogue on file in the RDF for 1884.2.1 [Dan Hicks 08/07/2013]

Search terms: Lighting, Pottery, Lamp

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