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Miniature Oil Lamp

1914.05.0196

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Miniature Oil Lamp (1914.05.0196)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Furnishings : Lighting Equipment : Lighting Devices
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Africa, North : Egypt : Northern Upper Egypt, Governorate of Sohag ; Abydos
Period	Roman Empire
Date	30 BCE – 323 CE
Culture	Egyptian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	4.4 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	4.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	2.1 cm
Weight	23 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Ceramic--Earthenware
Manufacturing Processes	Firing, Cast--Press-Mold, Incising

Research Remarks

Description	Under Review
Published Description	N/A
Bibliography	Divisions for region taken from: Baines & Málek. Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Phaidon, 1980. James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. PETRIE, W. M. F., Abydos, Part I, 1902. Twenty-Second Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1902. PETRIE, W. M. F., Abydos, Part II, 1903. Twenty-Fourth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1903. AYRTON, E. R., CURRELLY, M. A. and WEIGALL, A. E. P. Abydos, Part III, 1904. Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1904. NAVILLE, E., “Excavations at Abydos”, ArchRep 1909-1910, Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1910, p.1-7. NAVILLE, E., “Excavations at Abydos”, ArchRep 1910-1911, Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1911, p.1-4. NAVILLE, E., “Excavations at Abydos”, ArchRep 1911-1912, Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1912, p.1-8. NAVILLE, E., The Cemeteries of Abydos, Part I. 1909-1910. The Mixed Cemetery and Umm el-Ga’ab. Thirty-Third Memoir of the Exploration Fund, London, 1914. ERIC PEET, T. The Cemeteries of Abydos, Part II. 1911-1912. Thirty-Fourth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1914. ERIC PEET, T. and LOAT, W. L. S., The Cemeteries of Abydos, Part III. 1912-1913. Thirty-Fifth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1913.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	Egypt Exploration Society
Reproduction	no

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