lamp

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Object Type: lamp
Museum number: 1907,0119.104
Description: Wheel-made pottery lamp with an incurved lip and applied barbotine round the outside of the rim; pulled-out wick-rest and internal loop handle. The base has string marks underneath. Covered in a matt slip.
Cultures/periods: Middle Minoan II
Production date: 1850BC-1700BC
Production place: Made in: Crete
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Palaikastro
Materials: pottery
Ware: Barbotine
Technique: wheel-made; slipped
Dimensions: Diameter: 96 millimetres; Height: 45 millimetres; Weight: 114 grammes; Width: 96 millimetres; Depth: 104 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (Q4); Walters 1914 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum (136)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: British School at Athens
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1907,0119.104

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