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Zodiacal lamp  

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Resource ID

9711

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City/Place

Arikamedu

Country/Region

India, Tamil Nadu

Source date

1st–3rd century CE

Dimensions

1.2 cm x 1 cm

Categories

disciplines/astrology, materials/soil/clay

Current Location

Archaeological Survey of India or Pondicherry Museum, India

Description

A terracotta lamp with twelve wicks was possibly a ritual lamp with its twelve wicks signifying the twelve zodiacal signs. (Sunil Gupta)

Additional Information

The lamp has a central boss which could be the Greco-Roman auspicious symbol of the omphalos. Arikamedu, on the edge of the Bay of Bengal, was an ‘Indo-Roman’ trading station which yielded during excavations Roman fine terra sigillata wares, Mediterranean amphorae and cameo gemstones (Sunil Gupta)

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