lamp

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Object Type
Museum number: EA48552
Description: Pottery lamp. Ring-handle. Discus decorated with a temple and disc within pediment. Nozzle defined by ridge and jog; three raised points between nozzle and discus-rim. Pseudo-base-ring, with two concentric impressed circles within. Brown, micaceous clay covered with a red slip. Handle broken, left shoulder damaged.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 150-250
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Fayum (?); Found/Acquired: Alexandria (Egypt) (?)
Materials
Type series: Loeschcke VIII; Shoulder-form VIIIb
Technique: slipped; impressed
Dimensions: Length: 8.20 centimetres; Width: 5.90 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (2041); Walters 1914 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum (1005); Cahn-Klaiber 1977 / Die antiken Tonlampen der Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Tübingen (p.293)
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair (handle broken)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1879
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA48552
Registration number: 1879,1120.31

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