OIL LAMPS ATTRIBUTED TO THE GAMOS WORKSHOP FOUND IN PTOLEMAIS, CYRENAICA
OIL LAMPS ATTRIBUTED TO THE GAMOS WORKSHOP FOUND IN PTOLEMAIS, CYRENAICA

Author(s): Maria Jaworska
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Gamos workshop; terracotta lamps; Cyrenaica; Crete
Summary/Abstract: During almost ten years of Polish excavations in Ptolemais (Libya), a signifi cant number of terracotta lamps from the Roman Imperial period have been discovered. While searching for supra-regional parallels, it appeared that most of the analogies were found on Crete within a group of locally produced lamps attributed to the workshop of Gamos, operating in the second century AD. This led to an attempt to collect information on all known forms and decorative motifs attributed to the above-mentioned workshop. The finds from Ptolemais presented here constitute an important group in light of still on-going discussion on the provenance, functioning and distribution of lamps signed ΓΑΜΟΥ, and in a broader context, provide a glimpse on the relations between both parts of the province.

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