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Bull's-head Lamp

100 BCE–100 CE

Greece, Greco-Roman Period

Medium
Nile silt clay
Measurements
Overall: 3.8 x 6.3 cm (1 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund 1989.1005
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Location
Not on view
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A dark gray Nile silt clay lamp is shaped like a bull's head. Wavy, textured lines decorate the forehead between two upward-curving horns, one of which is broken. Large, bulging eyes with concentric rings are set above small nostrils. At the tip of the snout, a round opening serves as a wick hole. The vessel rests on a flat base extending toward the back.

Bull's-head Lamp

100 BCE–100 CE

Greece, Greco-Roman Period

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