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Object Type
Museum number: EA48565
Description: Pottery lamp. Egyptian ring-handle. Discus depicts 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. Angular shoulder; raised points on each side of handle; three more between nozzle and discus. Raised base; AΓA|ΘOY impressed. Brown clay and slip. Handle broken.
Producer name
Cultures/periods
Production date: 150-250
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Alexandria (Egypt)
Materials
Type series
Technique: slipped; impressed
Dimensions: Length: 7.20 centimetres; Width: 5.70 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Later generation lamp in same Series as BM 48535. See also ‘Enciclopedia dell’Arte Antica Classica e Orientale: Supplement’ I. 1970, Rome : Istituto della Enciclopedia italiana, p.421.
Bibliographic references: Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (2045); Walters 1914 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum (965); Haken 1958 / Roman Lamps in the Prague National Museum (p.86); Cahn-Klaiber 1977 / Die antiken Tonlampen der Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Tübingen (p.285)
Location: Not on display
Condition: incomplete - handle broken
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; Named in inscription: Agathos
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1882
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA48565
Registration number: 1882,1127.172

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