Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Two unpublished terracotta oil lamps from Marina el-Alamein in Egypt

2019, 28, No. 1

AbdelBaset Ali AbdelFattah Saad AbdelFattah Saad

Fayum University, Egypt

DOI

10.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam28.1.25

Publication date

31.12.2019

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

The two complete terracotta oil lamps published in this paper come from salvage excavations in by an Egyptian team clearing House 21 in the ancient Graeco-Roman harbor of Marina el-Alamein on the northern coast of Egypt. Both are of Alexandrian manufacture, one of the two being an imitation of an Italic relief lamp. One is decorated with a representation of Sarapis enthroned, the other with a scene of roosters fighting. Both are from the 2nd–3rd century and reflect the Alexandrian cultural tradition in the life of this ancient town.

Keywords:

oil lamps,Marina el-Alamein,Sarapis,roosters

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