lamp

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Object Type
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
Production date: 1850BC-1700BC
Production place: Made in: Crete
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Palaikastro
Materials
Ware
Technique: wheel-made; slipped
Dimensions: Height: 5 centimetres; Weight: 115 grammes; Width: 10.50 centimetres
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
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1907,0119.104

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