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Lamp

Artist
MediumCeramic, terra cotta
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1910.3.29
DescriptionFinely made of light, unglazed buff clay--on a wheel. Concave, disc center with four rings. Three small tabs spaced around the edge at ninety degrees around the circle.The spout is flat on top, rounded on one end, and curves into the body of the lamp. The oil hole is in the center of the disc. Wick hole is in the top surface of the spout. On the base an impressed disc with two rings. In the center an impressed [see cat. card] with a circle above the center. Bowl shaped body.
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Lamp
Egypt
300 BCE-100 CE
Lamp
Egypt
probably 3-4th century
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Egypt
Lamp
EGYPT
3rd-4th century AD
Lamp
Greece
2nd century BCE
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Egypt
1st century AD
Lamp
EGYPT
1 BCE- 1 CE
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Egypt
4 - 7 AD
Lamp
Egypt
Lamp
Egypt
5th century or later, or 200 BCE