Late antiquity: the twilight of mouldmade lamps

Abstract

The article examines clay lamp evolution in late antiquity and explores the probable reasons for the dominance of mouldmade lamps during the first Christian centuries and the possible causes which led to their disappearance at the close of late antiquity.

Keywords

• late antiquity
• lighting devices
• mouldmade lamps
• wheel-made lamps
• reproduction
• imitation