Karanis / lamp / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.02.2226
Other Number: Shier 075
Type of Number: Catalogue Number
Object Name: lamp
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Karanis)
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Lamps
Materials: Ceramic
Design Style: A4.8
Weight: 78 g
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Three-spouted lamp. Clay (Karanis Revealed, Wilfong).
Verbatim Date: 1st C BC - 1st C AD
Unit Grid Number: C0137
Component/Room: 00A
Area: R
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Verbatim Site: Karanis
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Karanis Revealed
Exhibition Curator: Wilfong, Terry
Publication Title: Terracotta Lamps from Karanis, Egypt: Excavations of the University of Michigan; Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt
Publication Author: Shier, L.A.
Publication Year: 1978; 2014
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.02.2226
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.2226/dscn8504.jpg

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Full citation: "Karanis; lamp; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.02.2226/dscn8504.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 14, 2024.