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| CIVILIZATION | Greek |
| PERIOD | Byzantine |
| DATE | circa 6th-7th Century A.D. |
| MATERIAL | Bronze |
| MOUNTED | Yes |
The rounded bowl rests on a low ring foot decorated with incised concentric circles, the everted rim with three raised loops, suspended from chains joined to a loop and hook.
Censers, also referred to as incense burners, are often difficult to differentiate from lamps, which they resemble because they share a number of similar characteristics. Therefore, this particular example although very likely an incense burner may have been used as a lamp.
Height of bowl: 5.2cm
Diameter of bowl: 10cm
Height wih chain: 27cm (as shown)
with Archaeologia Gallery, pre 1983.
cf. Ariadne; Byzantium, The light in the age of darkness, p. 53, no. 2 & 3, for suspended censers.
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| CATEGORY | Greek |
| PERIOD | Byzantine |
| DATE | circa 6th-7th Century A.D. |
| MATERIAL | |
| MOUNTED | Yes |