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Oil lamp decorated with floral and animal designs

Oil lamp decorated with floral and animal designs
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

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Oil lamp decorated with floral and animal designs

Category:
Furniture and furnishing, lighting / heating equipment, oil lamps
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Period (323-31 BCE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, El Shatby, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Site
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Height:
2.3 cm;
Width:
6 cm
Hall:
Antiquities of the BA Site, showcase 10



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 154, 324.
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