Oil lamp
This lamp was described by its collector as ‘Greek of the 4th. -3rd. century B.C. 3 in. long. Grey ware. Nozzle is as the last; handle broken off. Form 56.’ It belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Montague whose collection of over 800 classical archaeological objects is an important resource in the museum collections.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/19
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collector Excavator
- Montague, LAD
- Material
- ceramic
- Common Name
- oil lamp
- Simple Name
- lamp
- Period Classification
- Hellenistic - 336-146 BC
