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Hanging Lamp

Zhambyl Regional Historical and Local Lore Museum

A glazed clay lamp with eight segments. Served as a traditional lamp for pouring oil and lighting the wick with a strap. Made by shaping and firing clay. The surface is glazed and painted green. The shape is round, with a vertical protrusion in the center from which eight segments radiate. The vertical protrusion has a hole for hanging. The glaze has flaked off in some areas, and five segments are broken.

Date: 14th century
Material: glazed clay
Dimensions: 23 cm × 15 cm

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