Small Oil Lamp
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Wasters, or ceramic products damaged during the firing process and therefore discarded as waste near the original kilns. Excavations by the Ottoman Imperial Museum in 1906 and 1908, by chance conducted near the thirteenth-century kilns, most likely exposed the buried wasters.
Caption
Small Oil Lamp, 13th century. Ceramic, fritware, 2 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (5.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Robert B. Woodward, 09.309. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.309.jpg)
Collection
Collection
Title
Small Oil Lamp
Date
13th century
Period
Ayyubid
Medium
Ceramic, fritware
Classification
Dimensions
2 3/16 x 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (5.5 x 10.5 x 10.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert B. Woodward
Accession Number
09.309
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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