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Oil would have been placed in the bowl, and wicks could rest on the two cuttings in the rim. This is a good example of one of the most characteristic types of stone lamps that were made in the Neopalatial period.
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Title: Steatite oil lamp
Period: Middle Minoan III-Late Minoan I
Date: ca. 1750–1450 BCE
Culture: Minoan
Medium: Steatite
Dimensions: H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diameter 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone Vases
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, by exchange, 1914
Accession Number: 14.89.13
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