Oil lamp
- Description
- This oil lamp was excavated by the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1904 from the Romano-Egyptian site at Herakleopolis, or Ehnasya. It is one of 45 objects donated to this museum from the excavation. At that time it was typical for ‘common’ types of object to be given to regional museums in Britain amid the public interest in ancient Egypt.
- Accession Loan No.
- 919/1904
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Common Name
- oil lamp
- Simple Name
- lamp
- Full Name
- oil lamp
- Cultural Group
- Romano-Egyptian
- Period Classification
- Roman Period - 30 BC-AD 384
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery
- Collector / Excavator
- Egypt Exploration Fund Committee
- Collection Site Name
- Ehnasya (Herakleopolis)
- Collection Country
- Egypt
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collection Continent
- Africa
