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Oil lamp

clay lamp of the Byzantine Egypt, 395–642 CE, in the collection of Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy (S.2117)
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Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Ernesto Schiaparelli[1]
  • Instance of: archaeological find[2]
  • Owned by: Museo Egizio[3]
  • Made from material: clay[4]
  • Location of discovery: Hermopolis[5]
  • Collection: Museo Egizio[6]
  • Inventory number: S.2117[7]
  • Location: Roman Era and Late Antiquity, room 13[8]
  • Commons category: Oil lamp, baked clay - Museo Egizio, Turin S 2117[9]
  • Inception: 395[10]
  • Described at URL: https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/it-IT/material/S_2117/[11], https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/S_2117/[12]
  • Title: Lucerna[13], Oil lamp[14]
  • Height: 3.7 cm[15]
  • Width: 8.4 cm[16]
  • Time period: Byzantine Egypt[17]
  • Thickness: 11 cm[18]
  • Copyright status: public domain[19]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Museo Egizio Collection online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Artworklist · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Location of discovery → Hermopolis
    Location → Roman Era and Late Antiquity, room 13
    Collection → Museo Egizio
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