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Lamp
Greek, Ptolemaic
Hellenistic Period
late 4th–mid 3rd century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
diameter: 5.9 cm. (or is this the length?)
diameter: 5.9 cm. (or is this the length?)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.645
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionAn open lamp with a very narrow rim. The sides of the rim are folded upward. Undecorated.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).