Oil lamp, about 300 BC
- Made:
- 300 BCE in Europe
Lamp, pottery with crescent handle, with raised decoration of Mercury/Hermes or Minerva/Pallas Athena
Details
- Category:
- Lighting
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1980-1716
- Materials:
- terracotta (baked clay)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 103 mm x 200 mm x 115 mm, ,
- type:
- oil lamp
- credit:
- On loan from the Wellcome Trust