Oil lamp
This lamp was described by its collector as ‘Ptolemaic of 2nd. century B.C. Pseudo-delphiniform, with a lateral fin doubled back, nozzle slightly spreading, 2.7 in by 2 in. found in EGYPT. (Lawrence Coll.). It was collected by Lieutenant Colonel Montague whose collection of over 800 classical archaeological objects is an important resource in the museum collections.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 5/1946/8
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Foreign archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- North Africa
- Collector Excavator
- Montague, LAD
- Material
- ceramic
- Common Name
- oil lamp
- Simple Name
- lamp
- Period Classification
- Ptolemaic Period - 332-30 BC
