Oil lamp

Description

The central hole in this oil lamp shows it was designed to be attached to a stand. Its shape suggests it was made in Greece, but unfortunately no records survive to record where it was found. It was collected by Lieutenant Colonel Montague whose collection of over 800 classical archaeological objects is an important resource in the museum collections.

Accession Loan No.

5/1946/1

Collection Class

Foreign archaeology

Common Name

oil lamp

Simple Name

lamp

Full Name

oil lamp

Dimensions

whole W 85 mm; whole height 25 mm; whole depth 65 mm

Cultural Group

Greek

Period Classification

Archaic - 1100-500 BC

Production Date

-550

Family Group



Material

pottery; terracotta

Collector / Excavator

Montague, LAD, Lieutenant Colonel

Collection Continent

Europe