lamp

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Object Type: lamp
Museum number: 1907,0119.101
Description: Wheel-made pottery lamp with an open bowl, inturned rim and loop handle at the rear. The pulled-out wick-rest is broken away. Traces of a red slip remain.
Cultures/periods: Middle Minoan I
Production date: 2000BC-1850BC
Production place: Made in: Crete
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Palaikastro
Materials: pottery
Technique: wheel-made; slipped
Dimensions: Length: 13.40 centimetres; Width: 9.60 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (Q1); Walters 1914 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum (131)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: British School at Athens
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1907,0119.101

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