An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c11.s11.1

v1.c11.s11.1

Lamps are available in terracotta, stone and metal (copper and iron), specimens in the first material being the earliest. Typologically they show a variety: (1) miniature shallow bowl with pinched/beaked edge or without it; (2) variant of (1) with a central handle with/without water-container; (3) with a lip having a single or multiple channel; (4) spouted, plain and decorated; (5) shaped like an animal (tortoise); (6) with lugs and nozzle; (7) held in hand by a standing human figure; and (8) rectangular with an ornamented spout. In (4) the spouts are decorated with human/animal heads.