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Light from the east. Hellenistic relief lamps of eastern Mediterranean provenance in Dalmatia.

During the Hellenistic period various local and imported ceramic objects were in motion throughout Dalmatia. Among these, a small but culturally and artistically interesting group are Hellenistic oil-lamps decorated with figural, floral and geometric motifs in relief, presumably manufactured in different eastern Mediterranean workshops. For some examples, the suggested provenance is Pergamon and Ephesos in Asia Minor, while others were produced in unknown workshops under the influence of Egyptian lamps. These objects were documented in four eastern Adriatic sites in Dalmatia, Vis, Hvar, Zadar and Nin, integrated into everyday cultural practices of the local communities. Their presence offers some new perspectives on the distribution patterns of the eastern Mediterranean lamps, as a direct reflection of an upsurge in mobility across the Mediterranean during the 2nd and 1st c. BCE.

Dalmatia (eastern Adriatic); ceramic oil-lamps; relief decoration; 2nd and 1st c. BCE; eastern Mediterranean workshops; Pergamon; Ephesos lamps

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