Lamp ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian Small lamps, like this example made from unglazed ceramic, would have been filled with oil and had a small wick threaded through the hole near the rim. The tab handle is used for picking up or moving the lamp. The lamp was excavated from a house at the site of Maaridh II in the Ctesiphon area. A very similar example was found at the nearby Taq-I Kisra palace (32.150.170). The city of Ctesiphon was located on the east bank of the Tigris River, 20 miles (32 km) south of modern Baghdad in Iraq. It flourished for more than 800 years as the capital of the Parthians and the Sasanians, the last two dynasties to rule the ancient Near East before the Islamic conquest in the seventh century. Systematic excavations in the Ctesiphon area were undertaken by an expedition in 1928-29 sponsored by the German Oriental Society (Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft). The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, undertook a joint expedition for one seas

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Lamp ca. 3rd-7th century A.D. Sasanian Small lamps, like this example made from unglazed ceramic, would have been filled with oil and had a small wick threaded through the hole near the rim. The tab handle is used for picking up or moving the lamp. The lamp was excavated from a house at the site of Maaridh II in the Ctesiphon area. A very similar example was found at the nearby Taq-I Kisra palace (32.150.170). The city of Ctesiphon was located on the east bank of the Tigris River, 20 miles (32 km) south of modern Baghdad in Iraq. It flourished for more than 800 years as the capital of the Parthians and the Sasanians, the last two dynasties to rule the ancient Near East before the Islamic conquest in the seventh century. Systematic excavations in the Ctesiphon area were undertaken by an expedition in 1928-29 sponsored by the German Oriental Society (Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft). The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, undertook a joint expedition for one seas

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