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Object's Name: Stemmed lamp Ball-Shaped
Period: Fatimid
Material: Glass
Site: Caesarea
Height: 9.8 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Description: A lamp made of yellowish glass with silvery weathering. Footed lamps were put in a candelabra made of bronze wire. This type of lamp is known since the 4th century and continues to be in use until the Mamluk period in the 13th century. This lamp has a rounded body and hollowed foot ending in a globular knob. It is characteristic of the Fatimid period during the 11th-12th centuries.
Bibliography:
Lester, A. Arnon, Y. Polak, R. 1999. The Fatimid Hoard from Caesarea: A preliminary Report. In : (ed.) Barrucand, M. L'EGYPTE FATIMIDE son art et son histoire.. Paris, 233-248, Fig.5e.

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