Fire, Light and Light Equipment in the Graeco-Roman World (British Archaeological Reports (BAR) International)

Despite many investigations in this area, ancient lamps and lighting techniques continue to fascinate. This present work includes articles from Russia, Switzerland, and Ukraine and tackles contextual problems, possible new classifications, iconography, and related lighting equipment. One chapter is devoted to the role of fire in a Late Skythian royal palace, and others explore the North Pontic area, which is relatively unknown. 00-Prelims 01-Zhuravlev 02-Chrzanovski 03-Chrzanovski 04-Zaitsev 05-Zaitsev 06-Zhuravlev 07-Sandoz 08-Sorochan Blank Page Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Introduction Abbreviations Bosporan Late Hellenistic Multi-Nozzled Lamps: A preliminary report Bullhead Lamps: An attempt at typological and chronological classification Harpocrates on a new lamp handle-ornament recently found in Leptis Magna (Libya) Imported Lamps and Candelabra from Ust’-Alma Necropolis (Crimea, Ukraine) Light and Fire in the Palace of Scythian King Skilur Late Scythian Burial with a Lamp From Belbek IV Necropolis Scènes vetero-testamentaires sur les lampes à huile tardo-antiques Light for Life and Death in Early Byzantine Empire