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A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)

British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 125

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Fig. 116. — Bronze Lampfkom Enkomi (No. 308). HOUSE AND FURNITURE. 113 The numerous Graeco-Roman bronze lamps in these cases showa great variety of form. Heads of Seilenos, Pan, negroes, etc.,appear side by side with a fir-cone, a foot, a duck, a snail, or a wolf.The handles often terminate in an… … Pig. 117.—Roman Bronze Hanging-Lamp (No. 309). Ca. 1 : 1. Fig. 118.—Roman Bronze Lampwith Hook for Suspension(No. 310). Ca. 1 : 3. a tragic mask on the handle (No. 311 ; fig. 119) was found at Romein 1912. But the choicest example of a bronze lamp will be foundin the Bronze Room (Case B). It is a…

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