lamp

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Object Type: lamp
Museum number: 1907,0119.172
Description: Wheel-made pottery lamp with a narrow incurved rim, pulled-out wick-rest and traces of a loop handle at the rear. The base has string marks underneath.
Cultures/periods: Middle Minoan I
Production date: 2000BC-1850BC
Production place: Made in: Crete
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Robert Carr Bosanquet
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Petras
Materials: pottery
Technique: wheel-made
Dimensions: Length: 11.70 centimetres; Width: 10.80 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (Q3); Walters 1914 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum (1473)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: British School at Athens
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1907,0119.172

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