Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Vessberg Type 14. Mold-made, with ring handle. Discus: biga with charioteer, moving left; a single filling hole at center bottom; raised line around edge. Sloping shoulder: impressed saw-tooth pattern, with two stylized volutes at front flanking back on nozzle. Base ring, flanked by two incised circles, and flat base.

Intact. Hole in handle not carefully made, and small gash in front edge of handle.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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