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lamp, oil

human history
  • Description

    lamp, oil. The object is an oil lamp with a round oil chamber and a medium sized nozzle. There is a off centre filling hole in the discus. The discus is mostly occupied by a raised relief face with head scarf. There are concentric circles on the shoulder and base and the discus is very shallow.

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

    AR8480 (archaeology)

  • Department
lamp, oil, 1993.258, AR8480, Photographed by Richard Ng,… … Read more

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