Oil lamp
- Description
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This lamp was described by its collector as ‘Ptolemaic of 3rd.-2nd. century B.C. Delphiniform, with rounded body on foot and projecting nozzle; 3 in. by 2.3 in. Found in EGYPT (Lawrence Coll.). 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.
- 5/1946/7
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- oil lamp
- Simple Name
- lamp
- Full Name
- oil lamp
- Cultural Group
- Greek
- Period Classification
- Ptolemaic Period - 332-30 BC
- Family Group
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- Material
- ceramic
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD
- Collection Country
- Egypt
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collection Continent
- Africa
