Alexandrian and Alexandria-influenced Mould-made Lamps of the Hellenistic Period

Alexandrian and Alexandria-influenced Mould-made Lamps of the Hellenistic Period
ISBN-10
086054866X
ISBN-13
9780860548669
Category
Social Science / Archaeology
Pages
161
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Archaeopress
Author
Jolanta Młynarczyk

Description

This study presents and examines the available data on mould-made terracotta lamps manufactured and/or used in Alexandria in the 3rd to 1st century BC. Mlynarczyk divides the lamps into twenty-eight types and discusses distribution, fabric, manufacturing centres, shape and decoration, and dating. She concludes that some of the types were unique to Alexandria, while others have their counterparts in Cyprus, Syro-Palestine, Asia Minor and Greece, with particular links indicated between Egypt and Palestine.

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