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Lamp (fragment)
Greek
Classical Period (?)
5th century B.C.?
Findspot: Cyrene
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Length: 5.7 cm.
Credit Line
Permanently deposited by the Archaeological Institute of America
Accession Number12.1015
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionPossibly a wheel-made open lamp, fairly thin-walled. Shallow form with rounded wall and incurved rim; short blunt nozzle with medium-sized wick-hole. Band handle at rear, describing a shallow orizontal arc.
ProvenanceFrom the Excavations at Cyrene, 1910-11.