lamp
- Museum number
- 1814,0704.90
- Description
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Mould-made pottery lamp with a long voluted rounded-tipped nozzle, a narrow flat shoulder and an inward-sloping moulded rim. Between the nozzle volutes is a decorative feature in relief. At the edge of the rim is an air-hole. At the rear is a pierced handle with a triangular ornament above, decorated on the face with an acanthus palmette. The discus is decorated with a frieze of military equipment. The filling-hole is surrounded by concentric mouldings. The lamp stands on a base-ring. Covered with a finger-marked orange-brown slip.
- Production date
- 30-70 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 19.20 centimetres
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Width: 8.20 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G69/Balcony/dc9)
- Acquisition date
- 1814
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1814,0704.90
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1971,0101.21 (previously registered as)
