lamp

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Object Type
Museum number: 1868,0110.661
Description: Mould-made pottery lamp with a voluted angular-tipped nozzle, a flat shoulder and an inward-sloping moulded rim. Between the nozzle volutes is an air-hole. The discus is decorated with a hunter, presumably Meleager, holding up the head of a boar; a hound stands before him. Within the slightly raised base is the letter P in relief. Decorated with a discoloured red-brown slip.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 40-80 (circa)
Production place: Made in: Italy
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Corfu (said to be from)
Materials
Type series: Loeschcke IB (near); Shoulder-form IIIa
Technique: mould-made; slipped
Dimensions: Length: 12 centimetres; Width: 8.70 centimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: hunting/shooting; classical mythology; dog
Associated names
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1868,0110.661

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