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Clay lamp holder in the form of Harpocrates
Lamp holder, with youthful male head on rectangular plinth - a small votive lamp would have been placed in the bottom section.
Length: 14.75 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major
Circa 100 - Circa 200
Accession number: E.GA.2930.1943
Primary reference Number: 57358
Oldadmincategory: P
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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