Oil lamp
- Description
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This lamp was described by its collector as ‘Greek Delphiniform, 3rd.- 2nd. century B. C. glazed black, square-ended nozzle. Length 3 in.’ 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.
- 5/1946/10
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- oil lamp
- Simple Name
- lamp
- Full Name
- oil lamp
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Classical - 500-336 BC; Hellenistic - 336-146 BC
- Family Group
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- Material
- ceramic
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD
- Collection Continent
- Europe
