Lamp
E7147
From: Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E7147 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Meroitic |
Provenience | Egypt | Nubia | Karanog Cemetery |
Locus | G 187 |
Date Made | 225-275 CE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Bronze |
Description | Bronze oil lamp and stand. Imported from Roman Egypt. From the grave of a local governor. Acanthus leaves decorate the top of the stand and some wick is visible in the lamp's spout. Swinging on high stand. |
Height | 35 cm |
Width | 10.4 cm |
Depth | 9.5 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery; D. Randall-MacIver and C. L. Wooley, 1908 |
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