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	Reference: HW9 / Cat. No. Period: Hellenistic Origin: North Africa Date: 150 – 100 BC Description: Three nozzles. Raised pad base. Manufacture: Wheel made. Size (cm): L. 7.1, W. 7.9, H. 4.6 Notes: Cf. Deneauve, 108; Bussière 1989, 78; Rosenthal & Sivan, 276-7. Deneauve Type X; Bussière Type IVc. Ex P.M.S. Jones Collection. Pub: P.M.S. Jones, Collecting Ancient Lamps, Swansea, 2002. Comments: Although parts of North Africa had been influenced by Greek culture long before Carthage fell to Roman conquest in 146 BC, lamps of this type are survivals of a local Punic tradition with Phoenician origins. In this late development the sides of what is essentially a saucer lamp have been folded so far inwards that they form three enclosed nozzles.
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