Card/Transcription No.: 174

174. Alabaster (calcite) lamp - having three cups of floral design for the oil.

POSITION:
Standing on ground before the folding doors of the great outer shrine (no. 207) on the eastern
end.

DIMENSIONS:
H. 27.0; Max. W. 27.0; centimetres.

DESCRIPTION:
An alabaster (calcite) lamp in the form of three lotus flowers and two leaves. The stems of
these flowers spring from the circular base and spread out as they rise. The central large and
small cups on either side have their external surfaces engraved with a whorl of sepals and
calices. This ornamental lamp is otherwise without decoration.

REMARKS: There were slight traces of oil on the interior surfaces of the cups when first
discovered.