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Oval-shaped oil lamp

Oval-shaped oil lamp
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

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Oval-shaped oil lamp

Category:
Furniture and furnishing, lighting / heating equipment, oil lamps
Date:
Byzantine Period (395-641 CE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, El Shatby, Bibliotheca Alexandrina Site
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Height:
2.8 cm;
Length:
10.7 cm;
Width:
7.3 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): 155, 324.
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