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lamp, shell
Shell or saucer lamp from Tell Fara. 130mm long. Presumably excavated by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt 1928-1929. For similar items see Smith, R.H. 1964, The Household Lamps of Palestine in Old Testament Times In 'The Biblical Archaeologist', 27, 2-31. Saucer lamps, some with lamp stands, have been found in ritual contexts in the Bucheum at Armant (Mond, R. and Myers, O.H. 1934, The B…
Type of item
- lamp, shell
Type of item
- lamp, shell
Providing institution
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Identifier
- W1081
Providing country
- United Kingdom
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First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-27T15:05:45.282Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T18:15:23.769Z