Terracotta oil lamp
Not on view
Vessberg Type 18. Mold-made, with small, unpierced handle. Discus with scene inverted: Christ, with rayed nimbus, flanked by large jar and amphora, performing the Miracle at Cana, surrounded by a narrow band of radiating lines. Two filling holes at sides. On wide, horizontal shoulder, vine tendril with stylized bunches of grapes. Undefined, concave base.
Broken with losses around wick hole and along left side of body; worn, weathered surface.
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