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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