Terracotta oil lamp
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Loeschcke Type 1A. Mold-made. Deep, small body. Discus: man (athlete or boxer?) standing and facing right, wearing short tunic (?), with his right arm raised behind his head and his left arm outstretched in front of him a single filling hole at bottom center between his legs; band of fine lines and grooves at edge. Volutes flanking angular nozzle, with large wick hole. Undefined, flat base.
Cracked around left front side of body, with two holes; weathered chip on right pointed edge of nozzle.
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