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Lamp

11st Century

The Route of the Museums of Caesaraugusta

The Route of the Museums of Caesaraugusta
Zaragoza, Spain

Green glazed ceramic piquera lamp. Part of the bowl and the tip of the spout are fragmented. The green glaze does not occupy the entire surface. The edge of it is decorated with a row of pyramids. Rooster and handle lost.

It presents an incised inscription on one of the sides, from which two letters can be read, ba and sin. It could correspond to the beginning of the basmala, bismi allah, the beginning of every Koranic sura and the beginning of any writing or action of a good Muslim.

The type of plastic decoration of spikes bordering the perimeter is found on a four-handled cup from Madinat Ilbira.

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  • Title: Lamp
  • Date: 11st Century
  • Location: Zaragoza, Spain
  • Physical Dimensions: 2,68 x 10,70 x 0,80 cm
  • Type: Lighting tool
  • Original Source: Ceres. On line collections
  • Medium: Ceramics
The Route of the Museums of Caesaraugusta

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