Oil lamp
- Description
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This lamp was described by its collector as ‘Greek Delphiniform, probably of the 3rd. century B.C. Light brown with red glaze; longish spreading nozzle with square end, annular handle with two grooves; band of contiguous globules around discus with central filling-hole, and another band of globules partly around the bottom. 4.8 in. by 2.9 in. Variety of Form 51. From excavations at Rome.’ 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.
- 5/1946/17
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- oil lamp
- Simple Name
- lamp
- Full Name
- oil lamp
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Hellenistic - 336-146 BC
- Family Group
- Material
- ceramic
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD
- Collection Town
- Rome
- Collection Country
- Italy
- Collection Area Region
- Southern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe