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Oil lamp, Roman Cypriot
Oil lamp, Roman Cypriot, c. 300–400 AD. Ontario Museum, 916.1.181.© Ontario Museum

Roman

Oil lamp

mould-made earthenware; blurred relief 3.0 x 7.9 x 5.8 cm

Classification

Object type
Lamp
Shape
Special and ritual vesselsLamp
Decoration
Moulded
Material
Clay
Period
probablyHellenistic and RomanLate Antique and Early Byzantine
Date
300 - 400 AD

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Collection

Ontario Museum

Provenance

  • Cyprus

Identifiers

Accession no.
916.1.181, Ontario Museum

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