Terracotta lamps from Metropolıs in Ionia (Turkey): typological assessment
Terracotta lamps from Metropolıs in Ionia (Turkey): typological assessment
Author(s): Eda Güngör AlperSubject(s): Archaeology, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Ancient World, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Metropolıs; Ionia; Roman period; ceramic; lighting in ancient times; lamp;
Summary/Abstract: The lamps studied in this article come from Metropolıs, a strategically located site between Pergamon and Ephesos, functioning in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Two different techniques of decorating the surfaces of the lamps were distinguished: Red-on-White and Red Slip. The lamps were dated contextually by terracotta oil lamps of the same morphological type found in the same assemblages. The material spanned a chronological range from the 1st to the 6th century AD.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 1/2019
- Issue No: XXVIII
- Page Range: 297-319
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English