lamp

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Object Type: lamp
Museum number: EA48546
Description: Pottery lamp. Ring-handle. Discus decorated with the head of maenad and top of thyrsos. Near Shoulder decorated with a row of leaves in relief. Heart-shaped nozzle. Raised base; impressed branch. Brown clay, with mica. Handle lost, and filed away, presumably by a dealer.
Cultures/periods: Roman Period
Production date: 2ndC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Alexandria (Egypt)
Materials: pottery
Type series: Loeschcke VIII; Shoulder-form VIIIb (near)
Technique: impressed
Dimensions: Length: 7.20 centimetres; Width: 6.10 centimetres
Curator's comments: Compare Cahn-Klaiber, E.M., 1977. ‘Die antiken Tonlampen der Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Tübingen’. Tübingen, p. 222.
Bibliographic references: Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (2025); Walters 1914 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum (1146)
Location: Not on display
Condition: incomplete - handle lost
Subjects: mythical figure/creature
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Rev Greville John Chester
Acquisition date: 1878
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA48546
Registration number: 1878,1217.32

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