NMS Archaeology Object 141651: X.FX 203 - Lamp, oil


Description

Summary


Roman terracotta oil lamp from the fort of Camelon, Stirlingshire, late first century AD


Accession Number


X.FX 203


Other references

Not recorded1900

Original description

CAMELON COLLECTION. [One of three] lamps of clay or bronze. SD note, July 1999: Edited from SCRAN full data set. Fraser Hunter note, 15 May 2001: Ceramic Firmalampe (Loeschcke type IXb); authority - Dr Hella Eckardt, Cambridge University. F. Hunter note, 2 June 2008: Roman terracotta oil lamp from the fort of Camelon, Stirlingshire. Late first century AD.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1900

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Camelon Excavation Committee

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Roman terracotta oil lamp from the fort of Camelon, Stirlingshire, late first century AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Roman terracotta oil lamp from the fort of Camelon, Stirlingshire, late first century AD © National Museums Scotland

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