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Lamp
Roman, Egyptian
Imperial Period
late 1st–4th century
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Height: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Legacy dimension: .08 D. length? Check
Legacy dimension: .08 D. length? Check
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.653
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Lighting devices
DescriptionA lamp in squarish form, rounded at rear, with two short round-ended nozzles. A double spouted lamp with its handle missing. Flattened base, sloping sides, flattened rim, small circular concave disc surrounded by a ridge. Plain disc with small central filling-hole. No 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).