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Five Burner Lamp

1–200 CE

Parthian Empire

(247 BCE–224 CE)
Medium
terracotta
Measurements
Overall: 12.4 x 11.2 cm (4 7/8 x 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Joint Expeditions-Iraq Excavations Fund 1933.205
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Location
Not on view
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A pale, weathered terracotta oil lamp features a horizontal rectangular body with five circular wick holes along the front base. Low-relief figures flank a central rectangular opening on the vessel's face. Rising from the top center, a person's bust with worn facial features emerges. A spout-like protrusion extends to the right, while the left side is broken and fragmented, revealing the vessel's thick ceramic walls.

Five Burner Lamp

1–200 CE

Parthian Empire (247 BCE–224 CE)

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