Lamp

Object Number:

E7147

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Meroitic

Provenience:

Egypt
Nubia
Karanog

Locus:

G 187

Date Made:

225-275 AD

Early Date:

225

Late Date:

275

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:

35cm

Width:

10.4cm

Depth:

9.5cm

Credit Line:

Coxe Expedition to Nubia, Karanog, Aniba Cemetery

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa (10 Oct 1992 - 03 Oct 1993)

Bibliography:

[Book] O'Connor, David. 1993. Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa. : Page/Fig./Plate: 154

[Book] Woolley, C. Leonard; D. Randall-Maciver. 1910. Karanog; the Romano-Nubian Cemetery (plates). Eckley B. Coxe Junior Expedition to Nubia, Vol. IV. : Page/Fig./Plate: plate 30

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