Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

Not on view

Vessberg Type 19. Mold-made, with unpierced handle. Broad, flat discus: eight radiating linear depressions decorated with herring-bone patterns, interspersed with impressed circles; a single, large filling hole at center. Plain, sloping shoulder. Irregular wick hole. Undefined, slightly concave base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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