Lamp

This iron hanging lamp was found during excavations at the site of the Roman fort at Newstead in Roxburghshire. It was filled with oil on which a wick floated. The lamp was used sometime between 80 and 180 AD.

Iron hanging lamp from Newstead

The Romans used oil lamps, candles and lanterns to provide lighting inside. Most surviving oil lamps are pottery, although metal examples are also known. Some metal lamps, like this one, were made to be suspended.

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Online ID:	000-100-037-279-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.FRA 1107
Date:	Between 80 and 180 AD
Material:	Iron
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What:	Lamp, hanging
Subject:
Who:	Newstead Collection
Where:	Scotland, Roxburghshire, Melrose, Newstead
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References:	Curle, James. A Roman frontier post and its people: the Fort of Newstead in the parish of Melrose. Glasgow: Maclehose & Sons, 1911 Find in NLS: Title, Author, Title+Author or British Library: Title, Author, Title+Author
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