Lamp

Artist Egypt

Date3rd-4th century AD

MediumCeramic, terra cotta

ClassificationsFurnishings

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1910.3.23

DescriptionLamp of buff clay, with blackened surface or surface dirt in recesses. Palm leaves in crude geometric relief. oil hole in center of top surface, within molded circle. Flattened body with slightly extended rounded nozzle (lentoid). Molded base with circle and seven incised lines for a mark.

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