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lamp, oil

human history
  • Description

    lamp, oil. The object is a bronze oil lamp with a rounded corroded oil chamber. There are holes in the nozzle and oil chamber. The discus is flat and has concentric circle designs. There is significant salt build up around the filling hole. The handle is a broken with half the handle remaining attached to the chamber. There is two lugs resembling scrolls extending either side of the nozzle. The base of the lamp is circular with a concentric circle design.

  • Accession Number
    1947.49
  • Accession Date
    1947
  • Other Id

    28709 (ethnology)

    E 43.42 (Otago Museum)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1947.49, 28709, E 43.42, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 24 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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