lamp
- Museum number
- 1814,0704.139
- Description
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Mould-made pottery lamp decorated on the discus with Ganymede seated on a rock, holding a cup to the Eagle of Zeus, perched on a rock; there is an air-hole. The shoulder is decorated with a band of small ovules and a rectangular panel. At the rear is a ring handle, with a cross cut on the spine. Within the raised base is the impressed Greek name ABACKANTOY.
- Production date
- 151-250
- Dimensions
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Length: 10.70 centimetres
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Width: 8.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2019 8 Jun-31 Aug Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Library, Desire, love, identity: exploring LGBTQ histories
2019 15 Mar-26 May, Bolton Museum, Desire, love, identity: exploring LGBTQ histories
2018-2019 14 Dec-3 Mar, National Justice Museum, Desire, love, identity: exploring LGBTQ histories
2018 25 Sep– 2 Dec, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Desire, love, identity: exploring LGBTQ histories
2019 21 Sep-17 Nov Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum, Dorchester, Desire, love, identity: exploring LGBTQ histories
- Acquisition date
- 1814
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1814,0704.139
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1971,0101.70 (previously registered as)
