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	Reference: CA6 / Cat. No. Period: Roman Origin: Europe Date: 60 – 150 AD Description: Crescent handle-ornament. Fabric: Copper alloy. Manufacture: Cast. Size (cm): L. 9.8, W. 5.5, H. 3.6 (ih) Condition: Lugs, handle and part of handle-ornament missing, filling-hole enlarged. Notes: Cf. Loeschcke, 1056-7; BMC IV, Q3660; Hayes, Metalware, 209; Goethert, 141; Kirsch, 613-4, 616; Szentléleky, 278; Menzel, 673; Schäfer, 88; London, GPO75.9410.3471. The London lamp (identical to the example here) was excavated at Newgate Street in a mixed commercial/residential context of the Flavian period (Milne & Wardle 1993). Loeschcke Type XXI. Comments: This relatively plain but functional type of copper alloy lamp, designed for suspension by chains from the three pierced lugs, was common in the European provinces of the Roman Empire.
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