Terracotta oil lamp

Greek

Hellenistic

Not on view

Mold-made. Carinated body. Large central filling hole, surrounded by a plain, horizontal band. Convex-curving shoulder, decorated with close-set, radiating lines and knobs at sides; at left, a small, indistinct animal (dolphin?), and at right, a lion's head (?). Slightly tapering nozzle, with long wick hole. Raised base ring, and flat base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Greek

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