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A Roman lamp, purchased from the sale room of the Cairo Museum in 1915 by George Herbert Bourne. This artefact was sent home to Australia in March 1915 but its current whereabouts is unknown. In his "What to Know in Egypt: A Guide for Australasian…

A Fatimid Islamic oil lamp with a pale green glaze. The lip is flared and tapers to the base of the neck. Over half of the lip is missing, showing a buff to cream fabric. There is a torus at the join with the body. The body is shaped like an oblate…

A Fatimid Islamic oil lamp with a teal glaze. The lip is flared and tapers to the base of the neck. There is a torus at the join with the body. The body itself is shaped like an oblate flattened sphere with a simple base attached, slightly concave.…