| Accession_Number
| L.2011.1.48
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| Shape
| Lamp
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| Shape_description
| Deneuve type VIIA or B. Circular shape, with a small handle.
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| Material
| Terracotta
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| Fabric
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| Fabric_description
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| Munsell_color
| 2.5YR 4/6
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| Decoration
| In the central discus one reclining figure recumbent on its right side; right leg bent, left leg outstretched. Behind the legs a fish tail. At the back of the figure a drapery, like a semi-circular frame around the head. (possibly a Nereid riding a sea-bull?). On the edge parallel lines in low-relief. On the underneath inscription and a small half-moon shaped stamp.
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| Inscriptions
| On the underneath inscription 'L M ADIEC': CIL: VIII, 22644-219; Bonnet, 138, group IA.
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| Condition
| Scorched around the spout, and very worn and covered in beige sediment
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| Technique/Style
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| Provenance
| Carthage
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| Period
| Roman
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| Date
| I AD
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| Dating_details
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| Artist
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| Attribution
| Deneuve type VII A o B;
For the scene in the central discus, a Nereid riding a sea-bull, see the Catalogue of British Museum, vol. II, group I(b)x (Followers of Neptune), no Q886 type B
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| Image
| 
2011.96.0076.jpg | Oblique view of a lamp.
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2011.96.0077.jpg | Top view of a lamp.
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2011.96.0078.jpg | Top view of a lamp.
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2011.97.0365.jpg | Oblique view of a lamp.
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2011.97.0366.jpg | Front view of a lamp.
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2011.97.0367.jpg | Front view of a lamp.
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2011.97.0368.jpg | Front view of a lamp.
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2011.97.0369.jpg | Front view of a lamp.
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2011.97.0370.jpg | Top view of a lamp.
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2011.97.0371.jpg | Oblique view of a lamp.
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2011.97.0372.jpg | Oblique view of a lamp.
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2011.97.0373.jpg | Oblique view of a lamp.
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| Comparanda
| Catalogue of British Museum, vol. II, no 835-839
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| Bibliography
| Catalogue of the Lamps in British Museum, vol II, 31; J. Bonnet, Lampes ceramiques signees; J.Deneauve, Lampes de Carthage, 90.
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| Archive_Ref
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| Beazley_DB
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| Height
| 2.4, with handle 4.7
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| Diameters
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| Handle_height
| 4.0
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| Other_dims.
| L:9.3; W: 6.6; depth: 2.6
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| Location
| 6.1.C.16
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| Edited_by
| Charley Chamberlain and Alice Honey; Marta; Joana Varela; Jayne
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| Date_edited
| 15/08/2011; 24.04.2017; 23.11.2022
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