Clay frog lamp, featuring palms.: GR.211.1899

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Clay frog lamp, featuring palms.

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Lamp

Description

"Frog lamp". Such lamps were only manufactured in Egypt during the late Ptolemaic to early Roman periods. They were manufactured to celebrate the annual flooding of the Nile and replace earlier New Year flasks. There are often a wide variety of types, often featuring a whole frog or the legs with an additional motif. Corn and palms are also common motifs, as in this example.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 8.1 cm
Height: 3.6 cm
Width: 7 cm

Find spot

Naukratis Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1899) by The Egyptian Exploration Fund

Dating

Late Antique
201 - 400

Materials used in production

Clay

References and bibliographic entries

Roman Egyptomania page(s): 114 & 115

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.211.1899
Primary reference Number: 67345
Oldmuseumnumber: Nauk (30)
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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