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EGYPT
numerousarefragmentswithshort,
pronouncedknobbaseflattenedatthe
bottom[Fig.1:7-9].Theyseemtoberarein
theexcavatedmaterialfromEgypt.9
Similarpiecesaredocumentedamongthe
findsfromNaqlun10andKaranis.11Lamps
withpronouncedknobbasehavealsobeen
foundinlatercontexts,asevidencedat
Fustat-Istabl'Antar.12Afewothershapesof
basesconnectedwiththistypeofthelamp
havealsobeenobserved[Fig.1:10-12].
Althoughtherecordedfragmentsofside
wallsareplain,afewfragmentsare
decoratedwithcloselyspaced,verylight,
wheel-abradedlines.Fourpieceshave
additionalcharacteristicappliqués,which
consistofcolouredblobsappliedtothe
outersurfaceofmonochromeglasswarein
avarietyofpatterns[Fig.1:13-15].This
simpleornamentation,whichoriginatedin
themid-3rdcentury,enjoyedpopularityin
theeasternMediterraneanandonsitesin
theBlackSeainthe4thcentury.Inthe
West,itwascontinueduntilthe5th
century.
Ononeshard,thereisasinglelarge
emerald-greenblobintheshapeofan
almond.Theblobisprominentwithsome
protrusionontheinterior[Fig.1:13].More
blobsmayhavebeenarrangedinone
horizontalrowrunningaroundtheupper
partofthelamp(otherdesignsareequally
possible).Smalldotscouldbeplacedin
afewgroupsformingasimpletriangularor
diamond-shapedpatternalternatingwith
asinglelargeblob.Thereisabundant
comparativematerialfromEgypt.13Find-
placesextend,however,acrosstheMediter-
raneanandbeyond.
Oneisolated,smallshardmeritsspecial
interest.Here,ontheolive-greensurface,
wecanobservedarkbluetrailed-on
decorationofopendiamondsorachain
[Fig.1:16].Anidenticalfragmentwas
unearthedinMarinael-Alamein(personal
observation).Nootherexactparallelsfor
thisdesignhavebeenpublished.Fragments
withsimilarbutnotidenticalmotifscome
fromTebtynis,14Tellel-Balamun15and
Jerash.16
9
ForparallelsoutsideEgypt,seeid.,"LeVerreenTunisie:L'apportdesfouillesrécentestuniso-françaises",JGS45
(2003),79,Figs77-81.
10Mossakowska,op.cit.,349,Fig.4:24.
11D.Harden,RomanGlassfromKaranis(AnnArbor1936),Pl.XVI:464-465.
12D.Foy,"LampesdeverrefatimideàFostat:lemobilierdesfouillesdeIstabl'Antar",in:M.Barrucand(ed.),L'Égypte
Fatimide:sonartetsonhistoire(Paris1999),184,Fig.3:1-2;Y
.Shindo,"Glass",in:K.SukuraiandM.Kawatoko
(eds),EgyptianIslamiccity,al-Fustat:Excavationreport1978-1985(Tokyo1992),609,25-28.
13RecentlytheyhavebeenattestedatMarinael-Alamein,House1(personalobservation).OthersitesincludeTebtynis:
Foy2001,op.cit.,465-466,482,Fig.1:2,4.Seealsoplainexamples,Fig.1:1,5.Karanis:Harden,op.cit.,Pl.XVI:
440,457,460.Kellia:M.Egloff,Kellia.Lapoteriecopte.Quatresièclesd'artisanatetd'échangesenBasse-Égypte
(Geneve1977),Pl.91,No.2.Tell-el-Balamun:Spencer,op.cit.,18-19,Pl.88:11.Elephantine:M.Rodziewicz,Early
RomanIndustriesonElephantine,ElephantineXXVII(MainzamRhein2005),95,Pl.9:187-188.Theyarepresentat
RedSeasites:C.Meyer,GlassfromQuseiral-QadimandtheIndianOceanTrade(Chicago1992),40:359.J.Hayes,
"SummaryofpotteryandglassfindsinBerenike1994,preliminaryreport",in:S.E.SidebothamandW.Z.Wendrich
(eds),PreliminaryReportofthe1994ExcavationsatBerenike(EgyptianRedSeaCoast)andtheSurveyoftheEastern
Desert(Leiden1995),38-40,Fig.16:10.AlsoKhargaOasis:M.HillandM.-D.Nenna,"GlassfromAinet-Turbaand
BagawatnecropolisintheKhargaOasis,Egypt",AnnAIHV15(2001),91-notillustrated.
14Foy2001,op.cit.,465-466,Fig.1:3.
15Spencer,op.cit.,18-19,Pl.87:15.
16C.Meyer,"GlassfromtheNorthTheaterByzantineChurch,andSoundingsatJerash,Jordan,1982-1983",BASOR,
Suppl.25(1988),189-190,Fig.6:C.
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