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Collection Item: Oil Lamp
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Object name
- Oil lamp
- Object category
- Roman
- Description
- Small ceramic oil lamp with moulded basin, and a central boss within it. The handle is broken. The fine orange clay is interspersed with muscovite mica; tiny gold-coloured flecks which are evident on the surface on all sides and give the lamp a glittering surface. Mica-Dusted Ware.
- Production date start
- 100
- Production date end
- 175
- Period
- Roman
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 1971.299.49
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 9787
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Ceramic (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Whole height 3.2 cm
- Whole width 8.3 cm
- Whole depth 4.4 cm
Find spot
- Method
- Archaeological excavation
- Place
- York
Production
- School/style
- Mica-Dusted Ware
