عربي Français
Collection Highlights

Oil lamp with a long nozzle

Oil lamp with a long nozzle
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

where to find


Storeroom

Oil lamp with a long nozzle

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;
Length:
7 cm;
Width:
4 cm
where to find:
Storeroom



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

References
  • Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 60-61.
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 154, 324.
Discover The Museum Collections