Oil lamp
- Description
-
This lamp was described by its collector as ‘Ptolemaic of 2nd. century B.C. Pseudo-delphiniform, with a lateral fin doubled back, nozzle slightly spreading, 2.7 in by 2 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.
- 5/1946/8
- 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
-
- Material
- ceramic
- Collector / Excavator
- Montague, LAD
- Collection Country
- Egypt
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collection Continent
- Africa
