Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 1A. Mold-made. Discus: bearded Triton, facing left, naked to waist, and a curled fish tail issuing from a leafy skirt, and holding over his proper right shoulder a rudder (?); a single filling hole at bottom left; band of a single broad line flanked by two concentric grooves towards edge. Volutes flanking angular nozzle. Broad, raised base ring, and flat base.

Hole in left side of discus missing; another large hole in front of body and underside of nozzle, with left side of nozzle missing.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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