Original scientific paper

Lux in nave

Zdenko Brusić ; Department of Archaeology, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia

Abstract

Numerous underwater finds, particularly those in the harbours where ships often spent nights or stayed for a longer period, offer abundant information about the life of sailors, their diet, games etc. It is precisely the fragments of ceramic lamps of various forms and from various workshops that show where these necessary sources of light in antiquity were acquired from. Although all the lamps that were found in the layers of the harbours were used on ships, this paper deals with certain lamps and candelabra, adapted to the specific conditions on ships where the flame had to be protected from wind, and the oil from the lamp had to be kept from spilling and setting fire to the ship, form the topic of this work.

Keywords

lamp; candelabrum; ship; underwater excavation; shipwrecks; ancient harbours

Hrčak ID:

25691

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/25691

Publication date:

9.7.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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