Acquisition number: 2009.03
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Intact but the surface somewhat incrusted. Pale brown clay with a cream slip. A small version. The lip is pulled in on three sides to form two wick-rests. Flat base. There is no evidence of use.
Title: Dish-lamp - 2009.03.13
Acquisition number: 2009.03
Culture or period: Punic.
Date: Phases V-VI: Late Hellenistic to Early Roman.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Lamps - Terracotta
Dimensions: 61mm (l)
Origin region or location: Malta
Display case or on loan: 2
Keywords: Maltese, Punic
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 46 no. 25.
2009.03.13
Dish-lamp
Length 6.1cm.
(Parliament of Australia inventory number 01/0069.025)
Intact but the surface somewhat incrusted. Pale brown clay with a cream slip. A small version. The lip is pulled in on three sides to form two wick-rests. Flat base. There is no evidence of use.
Sagona places the piece in Phases V-VI: Late Hellenistic to Early Roman.
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 46 no. 25.
Parliament of Australia.
Parliament Dr, Canberra ACT 2600.