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Metal Detecting Finds in Eritrea

1 published discovery in the Artefacts category from Eritrea — coins, hoards, jewellery and artefacts recovered by detectorists and archaeologists.

Artefacts from Eritrea

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Famous findUsually dated to the 1st century BC

The Matara Lamp: a bronze hound catching an ibex, found in a rock cavity in Eritrea

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During excavations at the ancient town of Matara in Eritrea, which began in 1959, the French archaeologist Francis Anfray found a bronze oil lamp lying in a rock cavity. On top, a collared hunting dog sinks its teeth into a leaping ibex, a masterpiece of the 1st century BC.