lamp
- Museum number
- 1847,1108.6.a
- Description
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Mould-made pottery lamp with a voluted rounded-tipped nozzle (now missing), a flat shoulder and an inward-sloping moulded rim. The discus is decorated with a monkey dressed in a hooded cloak holding sticks in his hands, trying to catch a bird in a tree. The lamp stands on a slightly raised base. Covered with a finger-marked orange-red slip.
- Production date
- 40-80 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 7.90 centimetres
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Width: 7.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- 1847.11-8.6.b has been removed.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1847
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1847,1108.6.a