Lamp

Artist Egypt

Date3rd to 4th century AD

MediumCeramic, terra cotta

ClassificationsFurnishings

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1910.3.18

Description"Frog lamp" made in a mold. red brown clay, whitening on parts of the surface. Well modelled frog, pricked. Band on upper surface with concave circles around edge of the nozzle on the top. Large and fairly flat shape (lentoid) with a slightly extended rounded nozzle. On the base a mark of six holes in two rows and one above in the middle. The oil hole is in the center of the frog's body.

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