Bronze Lamp Depicting Silenus

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 14 November 2018

Bronze Lamp Depicting Silenus — 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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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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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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