Lucerne da Antinoupolis

The volume focuses on the study of 567 lamps, coming from excavations North Necropolis Antinoupolis carried out in years 1965 and 1966 by Papyrological Institute “G. Vitelli”, Florence. examined lamps (mostly an excellent state conservation) constitute one most numerous collections this ceramic class are placed between 5th 7th century AD. specimens analyzed mostly locally produced, for which a typology based shape motifs is proposed, while rest imported other centers Egypt). Although conditioned scarcity data available, collection therefore constitutes important basis outline trades active pre-Islamic era.