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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Hellenistic Greek; Egyptian
Title:Lamp, molded
Date Made:250-50 BCE (Ptolemaic Period)
Type:Lighting Device
Materials:Ceramic; earthenware
Place Made:Egypt; Africa
Measurements:Overall: 1 1/16 in x 2 in x 2 9/16 in; 2.7 cm x 5.1 cm x 6.5 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1911.5.B.B
Credit Line:Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Mold-made lamp with a double convex body, a long splayed flat-topped nozzle, a circular base-ring, and a lugon each side. The filling-hole is surrounded by a double molding, and raised ridges along the nozzle end in volutes. Around the shoulder is repeated petal or leaf pattern.

Tags:
pottery; ancient; archaeology; lighting; light; lamps

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