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lamp, oil

human history
  • Description

    lamp, oil. The object is an oil lamp with a ovoid base and oil chamber. The lamp is modelled as extremely fine head of satyr, with the beard forming the wick spout. The filling hole is large and the wick hole is medium. The nozzle is incorporated into the body of the vessel. The headdress of the satyr is flared away from the oil chamber. There are chips from the face and side of the vessel. The fabric is dark brown, with a black slip, and is burnished and unglazed.

    The handle is broken off.

  • Place
    Egypt
  • Accession Number
    1943.84
  • Accession Date
    1943
  • Other Id

    26944.2 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp, oil, 1943.84, 26944.2, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 20 Jul 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • lamp
  • lamp
  • lamp base

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