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Candelabrum

Π6214Α
Clay
Incomplete
Diameter: 32 cm.
Gortyn
Hellenistic period:
3rd-2nd c. BC:
Gallery:
XX
Case:
204
Exhibition thematic unit:
Classical - Hellenistic - Roman period (5th c. BC-4th c. AD). Cities and Sanctuaries
Sanctuaries
Description
Candelabrum with tall cylindrical foot and separate circular ring to which the lamps were attached. It comes from a rural sanctuary of Demeter. This is one of the hundreds of lamp stands found in the sacred pit, attesting to night-time ceremonies at the shrine, associated with rituals in honour of the goddess.
Bibliography:
Unpublished. General bibliography: Bailey D. A Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum. Oxford 1975. Perlzweig J. Lamps of the Roman Period, The Athenian Agora VII, Princeton 1961.
Author:
M. K.


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