Archaic II
Cream Saucer Lamp
Wheel-made open pottery lamp in the form of a shallow dish with a flat rim, the edges folded in at two places to form a wick-rest. Cream-coloured slip. Buff clay. Dimensions: Height: 3.20 centimetres; Length: 12.50 centimetres; Thickness: 0.90 centimetres rim ; Width: 12.20 centimetres Object Type: saucer lamp Techniques: wheel-made
Date
550 - 475 BC
Accession No.
null
Collection
British Museum
Provenance
- Naukratis (?)
- Tell Dafana (?)
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