An ancient Hellenistic Greek pottery oil lamp with an elongated nozzle and thumb plate.
Ca. 4th - 2nd century BC.
Length: 3 3/4 in. (9.8 cm).
A full lamp of this type would burn for two or three hours.
cf.: D. M. Bailey, A Catalogue of Lamps in the British Museum, Vol. II, Greek, Hellenistic, and Early Roman Pottery Lamps, (London, 1975), nos. Q540-552.
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Wallace A. Russell, Tampa, Florida, purchased May 3, 1970 in Cairo from Khodary M. El Gabry, a licensed dealer.