lamp

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Object Type
Museum number: EA48567
Description: Mould-made pottery lamp. Egyptian ring-handle. Discus decorated with a dog. Near Shoulder decorated with alternating leaves of two kinds, in relief. Heart-shaped nozzle, flanked by two impressed circles. Raised base; three impressed branches on base-line. Buff clay; traces of orange slip. Plaster mould.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2ndC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Damanhur
Materials
Type series: Loeschcke VIII; Shoulder-form VIIIb (near)
Technique: mould-made; impressed; slipped
Dimensions: Length: 8.50 centimetres; Width: 6.30 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum (2027); Walters 1914 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum (1155); Cahn-Klaiber 1977 / Die antiken Tonlampen der Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Tübingen (p.281)
Location: Not on display
Condition: good
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1874
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA48567
Registration number: 1874,0314.18

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