Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Vessberg Type 10. Mold-made. Discus: two animals, with at front a sheep facing left, and behind a horned goat facing right; ground line below; a single filling hole at center below ground line; band of lines and grooves around edge; plain, narrow, horizontal shoulder. Volutes flanking large, slightly pointed nozzle, with large wick hole. Incised base ring, and slightly raised flat base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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