Lucerne on foot
Item No.
Exhibit 253
Inventory No.
n.d.
Provenance
S’Urbale Nuragic Village, Teti
Acquisition
Archaeological excavation 1983
Material
Ceramics
Measures
Height 3.50 cm; length 7 cm; width 5.80 cm
Conservation
Mutilated
Period
Nuragic
Dating
Recent Bronze-Early Iron Age (13th-8th cent. B.C.)
The oil lamp is from hut C of the nuragic village S’Urbale (Teti-NU). It is shaped like a spoon and had a small loop to hold it up. A hollow cylindrical foot allowed a rod to be inserted so it could also be used as a torch. Oil lamps, fueled by vegetable oils or animal fats, lit huts, nuraghi and sacred places. The object is dated between the 12th and 8th centuries B.C. (Late Bronze-Early Iron Age)
