Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (18.2006(2008))

TELL LARAMA

EGYPT

SOME LAMPS FROM TELL FARAMA
(PELUSIUM)

Olga Wasilewska

Four seasons of excavations at Tell Farama
West (ancient Pelusium) have brought to
light a considerable number of lamps: in
2003 and 2004, 21 fragments from
different periods mainly from the theater
area and the immediate surroundings
(Gawlikowski 2004) and in 2005 and
2006 12 pieces from sector 1 (Jakubiak
2006) and 24 altogether from sectors 2 and
3 (Jakubiak 2006 and report in this
volume). The material from the Roman
house with mosaics (Sector 2) is of greatest
importance for chronological reasons; these
are local or Alexandrian-influenced
examples, mostly of 4th century date.
The whole assemblage, 57 pieces in all,
consists mainly of small lamp fragments,
heavily erroded due to factors like salty soil
and high humidity, often not complete
enough to allow detailed identification of
the form. The lamps discussed here (12
objects) are , believed to be the most
representative of the collection.
HELLENISTIC LAMPS
Of the Hellenistic lamps, most of which
were excavated in the theatre area in the
2004 season, three fragments merit
particular attention.


Fig. 1. Select Hellenistic lamps
(Photo 0. Wasilewska)

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