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Oil Lamp
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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Oil Lamp

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
Periodlate Ptolemaic Period - early Roman Period
Date167 BCE-100 CE
MediumClay
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Max Schloessinger
Dimensions1 15/16 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/16 in. (4.9 x 8.9 x 2.7 cm)
Object number1964.014
Exhibition HistoryThe Fragrant Past: Perfumes of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, April 5 - June 25, 1989
ProvenanceEx coll. Dr. Miriam Schaar Schloessinger (1880-1972), New York, New York, acquired in Alexandria, Egypt, 1939.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art