Oil lamp, about 300 BC

Made:
300 BCE in Europe
Lamp, pottery with crescent handle Lamp, pottery with crescent handle Lamp, pottery with crescent handle

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Lamp, pottery with crescent handle
Science Museum Group
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Lamp, pottery with crescent handle
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Lamp, pottery with crescent handle
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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