Ptolemaic oil lamp in the form of a girl's head
Medium:Mould-made earthenware, slip-painted
Geography: Made in Egypt, Nile Valley; findspot unknown
Date: probably 100-50 BC
Period: Hellenistic period
Object number: 910.192.8
Gallery Location:Gallery of Greece
DescriptionThis lamp is made in a two-part mould out of brown clay with fine gold mica (biotite) particles indicating that it came from
the Nile Valley. The top of the lamp has been coated in red slip.