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Object Type
Museum number: EA38465
Description: Mould-made terracotta lamp. Ring-handle with forked spine. Sunken discus decorated with erotes carrying Sacred Couch of Sarapis, on which rest five deities, presumably Sarapis, Harpokrates, Isis, Demeter and another god. On either side, Eros and Psyche, with garlands above. Angular shoulder, with impressed ovules on upper angle. Three raised points between nozzle and discus. Pseudo-base-ring, with internal decorative impressed circles. Red-brown clay and slip. Plaster mould. Handle broken.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 150-250
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Alexandria (Egypt)
Materials
Type series
Technique: mould-made; slipped; impressed
Dimensions: Height: 2.96 centimetres; Length: 9.58 centimetres (max); Width: 7.25 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (2046); Walters 1914 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum (964); Haken 1958 / Roman Lamps in the Prague National Museum (p.86); Cahn-Klaiber 1977 / Die antiken Tonlampen der Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Tübingen (p.293)
Location: Not on display
Condition: incomplete - handle lost
Subjects: classical deity; ancient egyptian deity
Associated names: Representation of: Serapis; Representation of: Harpocrates; Representation of: Isis; Representation of: Demeter/Ceres; Representation of: Eros/Cupid; Representation of: Psyche
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1882
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA38465
Registration number: 1882,1127.171

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