Lamp

61-35-1

From: Libya | Leptis Magna

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 61-35-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Punic
Provenience Libya | Leptis Magna
Locus Surface
Date Made 5th century BCE-2nd century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Open lamp. Saucer-like lamp with plain flaring rim, folded in to form two open nozzles close to each other; no base; clay coarse, gritty, hand-smoothed; fired orange buff, smoke-blackened.

Height 4.1 cm
Length 8.8 cm
Width 7 cm
Credit Line The Leptis Magna Expedition, T. A. Carter and Brandon Barringer, 1961

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