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lamp, oil

human history
  • Description

    lamp, oil. The object is a roman oil lamp with circular oil chamber and large concave patterned discus with small filling hole and medium sized nozzle. The wick hole is broken and is a large format design. The design on the object is a symmetrical floral form and the fabric is a brownish clay with dark coloured glaze and sandy deposits in the grooves.

  • Accession Number
    1993.258
  • Accession Date
    28 Oct 1993
  • Other Id

    AR8481 (archaeology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8481, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • Top view
  • base
  • Top
  • base
  • side
  • reverse side
  • showing concave discus

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