Bronze Lamp Depicting Silenus

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Illustration

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 14 November 2018

A bronze lamp in the form Silenus seated on a wine-skin. Silenus was a companion to the wine-god Dionysus. Roman period, made in Italy, about 50-150 CE. Townley Collection. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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APA Style

Amin, O. S. M. (2018, November 14). Bronze Lamp Depicting Silenus. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/9439/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Bronze Lamp Depicting Silenus." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified November 14, 2018. https://www.ancient.eu/image/9439/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Bronze Lamp Depicting Silenus." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 14 Nov 2018. Web. 19 Apr 2019.