Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (15.2003(2004))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

EGYPT

long, 7.2 cm wide, 4.4. cm high with the
handle. The fabric is red, fine and
somewhat powdery, featuring a variety of
gritty inclusions of various size; the slip is
pink to light brown. The execution is quite
crisp.
A discus sherd found among the GRM
study material (no reference number) said
to be from Egyptian excavations at Marina
represents a round mould-made lamp,
made of a fine buff fabric, unslipped
{Fig. 6). The discus decoration consists of
a scalloped sherd in relief and rectangular

panels on an otherwise plain, sloping
shoulder. The nozzle is characteristically
triangular, set off from the body by a deep
V-shaped groove. Close parallels include
a lamp from Larnaca and another one from
Xeros in Cyprus, which is an earlier
generation example in the same series.20)
These particular lamps are believed to be
modeled closely on imported Corinthian
and Athenian Ovule-and-Panel lamps of
Group C of Broneer Type XXVII (Vessberg
Type 16) and are dated from the middle of
the 2nd century throughout the 3rd


Fig. 7. Selection of 2nd-century lamps with rounded nozzles, handled and handleless
(Photo I. Zych)
20) From Larnaca: Bailey III, Q 2565, p. 314, fig. 110. pi. 69; from Xeros: Oziol, no. 635, pp. 214-215. For a discussion see
Bailey, pp. 298-299. One other fragmentarily preserved but identical lamp has recently come to light in excavations at Marina.

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