Acquisition number: 2009.03
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Intact but the surface somewhat incrusted. Red-brown clay with fine white inclusions. Everted lip, flat on its upper face and pulled in to form two wick-rests. Flat base. There is no evidence of use.
Title: Dish-lamp - 2009.03.14
Acquisition number: 2009.03
Culture or period: Punic.
Date: Phase IV: Early to Middle Hellenistic.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Lamps - Terracotta
Dimensions: 97mm (l)
Origin region or location: Malta
Display case or on loan: 2
Keywords: Maltese, Punic
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 42 no. 10.
2009.03.14
Dish-lamp
Length 9.7cm.
(Parliament of Australia inventory number 01/0069.013)
Intact but the surface somewhat incrusted. Red-brown clay with fine white inclusions. Everted lip, flat on its upper face and pulled in to form two wick-rests. Flat base. There is no evidence of use.
Sagona places the piece in Phase IV: Early to Middle Hellenistic.
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 42 no. 10.
Parliament of Australia.
Parliament Dr, Canberra ACT 2600.