Byzantine and Early Islamic Rayed Lamps from South-Eastern Turkey

Byzantine and Early Islamic Rayed Lamps from South-Eastern TurkeyFolia OrientaliaSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/SK7B6Q5Y/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.ErgünLafliMaurizioBuoraByzantine and Early Islamic Rayed Lamps from South-Eastern Turkeyhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/SK7B6Q5Yhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/SK7B6Q5Yhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/SK7B6Q5YFolia Orientalia582021In this short paper, nine formerly unpublished rayed lamps from south-eastern Turkey, eight from Mardin and one from Malatya are being presented, belonging to a well-known type, starting from the end of the sixth century A.D., which became particularly widespread in the eighth century A.D. The article adds to a group of ‘rayed’ lamps from the Near East next few examples found in less accessible museums in Turkey and it also includes a useful historical sketch of the region during the Byzantine and Early Islamic period. The publication of these new specimens is valuable as the material from this area of modern Turkey is rarely published. While waiting for research on the many further lamps that are likely to be found in numerous museums to be published, this contribution helps us understand the variety of lamps and their area of diffusion, which stretches from northern Mesopotamia down to Palestine, including south-eastern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Lafli, Ergün, and Maurizio Buora. “Byzantine and Early Islamic Rayed Lamps from South-Eastern Turkey.” Folia Orientalia 58 (2021). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24425/for.2021.142212. Ergün Lafli and Maurizio Buora, Byzantine and Early Islamic Rayed Lamps from South-Eastern Turkey, Folia Orientalia 58 (2021), https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24425/for.2021.142212.