{"product_id":"bg-athenian-oil-lamp-agora-type","title":"BG Athenian Oil Lamp — Agora Type","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack-glazed open oil lamp with loop handle, after a Greek Attic original of the later 5th century BCE, based on a lamp from the Athenian Agora.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn ancient Athens, oil lamps pierced the darkness of houses, workshops, sanctuaries, and evening drinking parties. Thousands of lamp fragments from the Athenian Agora show how essential these small objects were in daily life, and how their forms developed over time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis simple open type, with its narrow loop handle, could be placed on a surface or hung from a peg when not in use. Similar lamps also burned in the silver mine galleries of Laurion, where light and ventilation were matters of survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWheel-made from fine Attic orange clay, the lamp is coated inside and out with lustrous black glaze, except for the flat, slightly raised base, reserved in the natural clay. The glaze helped prevent oil from seeping through the porous ceramic body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eFunctional with olive oil and a cotton wick, or simply appreciated as a small vessel of ancient design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter: Athenian Agora, Lamp L 2322, Type 21B, later 5th century BCE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReference: J. Perlzweig, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLamps from the Athenian Agora\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, American School of Classical Studies at Athens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eDimensions: L 14 cm, D 11 cm, H 2 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Attic Black","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54212982178133,"sku":"AD-BGW-28","price":65.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7790\/6893\/files\/AD-BGW-28_2.jpg?v=1782746188","url":"https:\/\/theatticblackshop.com\/products\/bg-athenian-oil-lamp-agora-type","provider":"Attic Black","version":"1.0","type":"link"}