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LAMP
Unique ID: NMS-7EF821
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
This lamp was originally described on this database as:
"Romano-British Moulded ceramic lamp with lug in buff fabric with traces of red slip. Decorated with cable mouldings, dots in annulets and a ring of dots. Of Wheeler's (1930) Type IIIB, known as a 'factory lamp' or firmalampe. Some external sooting near nozzle. In abraded condition. Length 98mm. Width 53mm. Height 23mm, including lug 40mm. Probably made in Gaul or Germany. 2nd or 3rd century."
Recent online comments have made it quite clear that this identification is incorrect and that the object was made not earlier than the 5th to 6th century AD in northern Syria, and is of a very well-known type (Kennedy 1963, Type 20). It is extremely unlikely to have been lost or discarded in Norfolk in antiquity and is probably a fairly recent import.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 409
Date to: AD 800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 98 mm
Width: 53 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1986
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Old Hunstanton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler, R.E.M. | 1930 | London In Roman Times | London | London Museum Catalogues: No. 3 | Type IIIB, |
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