11-13-2006, 01:02 AM
Hello,
This is an old thread and the images have been removed? At any rate, I cannot see them.
Soot deposits on the nozzle prove nothing one way or the other. However, I would make a couple of points:
Roman North Africa (Africa Proconsularis) was one of the major producers of lamps during the Imperial period, exporting them to many parts of the empire. They made a vast range, in different clays, quality, styles, etc.
1) Some lamps were finely made; others were really quite crude and poorly executed.
2) Clay varied quite a lot. Beige (or buff) is not at all unusual for some types of North African lamp. Indeed, on some types I would be worried if it were not that colour.
There is a very small selection of North African lamps at the bottom of this page (from my own collection):
[url:elxu78lh]http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/lampcat/lampcat3.shtml[/url]
I would be very interested to see the images.
David
This is an old thread and the images have been removed? At any rate, I cannot see them.
Soot deposits on the nozzle prove nothing one way or the other. However, I would make a couple of points:
Roman North Africa (Africa Proconsularis) was one of the major producers of lamps during the Imperial period, exporting them to many parts of the empire. They made a vast range, in different clays, quality, styles, etc.
1) Some lamps were finely made; others were really quite crude and poorly executed.
2) Clay varied quite a lot. Beige (or buff) is not at all unusual for some types of North African lamp. Indeed, on some types I would be worried if it were not that colour.
There is a very small selection of North African lamps at the bottom of this page (from my own collection):
[url:elxu78lh]http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/lampcat/lampcat3.shtml[/url]
I would be very interested to see the images.
David
