Terracotta oil lamp
Loeschcke Type 8. Mold-made, with ring handle. Discus: in high relief, an eagle standing facing with wings at sides and head turned upward to right; a single filling hole towards right edge, and two grooves flanking a raised band at edge of discus; a broad, sloping, and undecorated shoulder. Two incised lines on front edge of handle. An incised base ring, and a shallow concave base.
Intact.
The eagle was the symbol of the Greek Zeus and the Roman Jupiter, the father of the gods. Under the Romans, the bird also became associated with the emperor and so acquired an imperial connotation.
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