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lamp, oil

human history
  • Description

    lamp, oil. The object is a small circular Greek lamp with chipped black and red glaze. There is a large filling hole in the painted undecorated discus. The nozzle is broken at one end and the wick hole is block with sediment. There are remains of a badly chipped small handle with a perforation. The foot of the lamp is chipped and the fabric is a light terracotta.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1931.126
  • Accession Date
    1931
  • Other Id

    16362 (ethnology)

  • Department
lamp, oil, 1931.126, 16362, Photographed by Richard Ng,… … Read more

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