Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made, with ring handle. Discus: radiate head of Helios (Sol), facing, and lunar crescent below; a single filling hole at lower left, and a band comprising a single raised line flanked by two grooves around discus; plain, slightly sloping shoulder, ending in simplified volutes at nozzle. Incised base ring, and uneven, hollow base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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