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lamp
Object Type
lamp
Museum number
EA49644
Description
Pottery lamp. Egyptian ring-handle. Discus decorated with Athena, wearing long tunic and helmet, leaning on shield. Shoulder decorated with a row of leaves in relief; small circles on each side of handle and nozzle. Heart-shaped nozzle. Raised base; impressed branch. Buff clay covered with an orange-red slip.
Cultures/periods
Roman Period
Production date
2ndC
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Damanhur
Materials
pottery
Type series
Loeschcke VIII
Shoulder-form VIIIb
(near)
Technique
slipped
impressed
Dimensions
Diameter:
6.80 centimetres
Length:
8.70 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Lamp / Catalogue of the Lamps in the British Museum
(2024)
Walters 1914 / Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps in the British Museum
(1131)
Cahn-Klaiber 1977 / Die antiken Tonlampen der Archäologischen Instituts der Universität Tübingen
(p.279)
Location
Not on display
Condition
fair (cracked)
Subjects
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Athena/Minerva
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev Greville John Chester
Acquisition date
1874
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA49644
Registration number
1874,0314.28