Terracotta lamps from Metropolıs in Ionia (Turkey): typological assessment
2019, 28, No. 1
Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Archaeology
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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.
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