Terracotta oil lamp

Greek

Hellenistic

Not on view

Mold-made. Carinated body. Large central filling hole, surrounded by a narrow rim. Convex-curving shoulder, decorated with a raised circle around discus and radiating, raised lines, with knobs at sides; at left, a small, indistinct creature (scorpion?), and at right, a mask (lion's head?). Short nozzle, with long wick hole. Undefined, flat base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Greek

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Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Greek
Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Greek

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