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Lamp
Greek, Ptolemaic or Roman, Egyptian
Hellenistic or Early Imperial Period
1st century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 3.1 cm.
Legacy dimension: 081 D. Is the diameter actually the length?
Legacy dimension: 081 D. Is the diameter actually the length?
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.647
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionA mould-made lamp with double-convex body with a sharp carination. Long, flat-topped nozzle with a rounded end, and lines incised on the neck. Small depressed disc which is seperated from the shoulde by a groove. Red clay. No painted decoration.
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).