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Daedalic Lamp with Human Head (about 610-600 BC)
Selinus, Malophoros sanctuary
Marble, white coarse-textured, crystalline
Museo Archeologico Regionale "A. Salinas" di Palermo, inv. 3892
[Cat. no. 75]

Daedalic Lamp with Human Head (about 610-600 BC)

Uncovered in the sanctuary of the goddess Demeter Malophoros (apple bearer), this triangular-shaped lamp is one of the earliest to have come from the ancient Sicilian city of Selinus. Such lamps have been found as part of temple furnishings from the 7th and 6th centuries BC. The three sides of the piece feature carved lugs pierced with holes for suspension and human heads in the Daedalic style. Western Greeks valued the lamp because it was produced using Greek island marble; in contrast, native examples of such lamps were made of terracotta (see cat. no. 55).

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