Terracotta oil lamp

Greek

Hellenistic

Not on view

Mold-made. Carinated body. Concave discus with large filling hole and rounded, outer lip. Sharply slanting shoulder with seven, broad, radiating pointed leaves, interspersed around edge with vertical stems and flowers, each comprising an irregular pattern of impressed dots. Long, plain nozzle. Irregular, uneven base.

Body complete but front of nozzle broken off and missing.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Greek

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