lamp
- Museum number
- 1814,0704.95
- Description
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Mould-made pottery lamp with two voluted rounded-tipped nozzles, a wide flat shoulder with a circular groove and an inward-sloping moulded rim. At the rear is a pierced handle with a triangular ornament above, the face decorated with an acanthus palmette; a firing-hole is pierced in the back. The discus is decorated with a rosette of four double petals, each with a four-fold scalloped edge. The lamp stands on a slightly raised base. A small fragment is missing from the underside. Covered with a finger-marked red-brown slip.
- Production date
- 40-90 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 21.40 centimetres
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Width: 10.70 centimetres (across nozzles)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1814
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1814,0704.95
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1971,0101.26 (previously registered as)