Acquisition number: 2009.03
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Intact. Hard, smooth, pale brown clay, perhaps with a pale slip, but a heavy incrustation covers much of the surface. The lamp is wheelmade, with the spout added by hand. The upper face is depressed, with a circular filling hole in the centre. The spout has a circular hole through to the body and is shaped to give it a pointed end. There is evidence of burning at the wick-hole.
Title: Lamp - 2009.03.12
Acquisition number: 2009.03
Culture or period: Punic.
Date: Romano-Punic.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Lamps - Terracotta
Dimensions: 42mm (h)
Origin region or location: Malta
Display case or on loan: 2
Keywords: Maltese, Punic, Romano-Punic
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 46 no. 26.
2009.03.12
Lamp
Ht 4.2cm.
(Parliament of Australia inventory number 01/0069.012)
Intact. Hard, smooth, pale brown clay, perhaps with a pale slip, but a heavy incrustation covers much of the surface. The lamp is wheelmade, with the spout added by hand. The upper face is depressed, with a circular filling hole in the centre. The spout has a circular hole through to the body and is shaped to give it a pointed end. There is evidence of burning at the wick-hole.
Sagona classifies the piece as ‘Romano-Punic’.
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 46 no. 26.
Parliament of Australia.
Parliament Dr, Canberra ACT 2600.