SOME LAMPS FROM TELL FARAMA (PELUSIUM)
SOME LAMPS FROM TELL FARAMA (PELUSIUM)

Summary/Abstract: Four seasons of excavations at Tell Farama West (ancient Pelusium) have brought to light a considerable number of lamps. In 2003 and 2004, 21 fragments from different periods, were excavated mainly from the theater area and the immediate surroundings and in the 2005 and 2006 campaigns 12 pieces were picked up from sector 1, and 24 from sectors 2 and 3. The material from the Roman house with mosaics (sector 2) is of greatest importance for chronological reasons; these are local or Alexandrian-influenced examples, mostly of 4th century date. The whole assemblage, 57 pieces in all, consists mainly of small lamp fragments, heavily eroded due to factors like salty soil and high humidity, often not complete enough to allow detailed identification of the form. The lamps discussed here (12 objects) are believed to be the most representative of the collection.

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