AM32787. Abbasid lamp; cf. Tushingham fig. 35, 41; Anawati C349 ff., near Choice, chips on outer rim and handle, earthen deposits, 76mm (3") diameter, wheel made, buff-orange clay, concave lower part, the outer rim rises flaring similar to the mouth of a big jug with pinched wick rest, withing the outer "jug" rim a high convex conical rim surrounds the filling hole and is pierced with a wick hole, thick band handle bridges between the rear of the filling hole rim and the outer rim, raised flat base; from the collection of Alex G. Malloy, former dealer in antiquities for 40 years;
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