Hellenistic Ptolemaic Period Pottery Oil Lamp newkingdom and traditionally its use was

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They are particularly renowned for their extraordinary ceramics

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Hellenistic Ptolemaic Period Pottery Oil Lamp newkingdom and traditionally its use wasHellenistic Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty, c. 300100 BC, Naukratis, Egypt A fascinating and well preserved example of a mould made grey ware pottery oil lamp from the Ptolemaic period, crafted in the dynamic Greco Egyptian cultural milieu of Naukratis. The lamp features a globular body that curves inward toward a rounded shoulder, leading to an inward sloping rim encircling a small central filling hole. A raised ridge neatly frames the opening,