Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Mold-made, with small, stub handle. Large, tear-shaped, flat discus: draped figure seated at left, facing front, with right arm raised to side of head, and animal (dog?) leaping up at top right, facing left; a single, large filling hole at center. Undefined, flat base.

Complete, but crack around mold seam and small hole at front below nozzle.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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