Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Discus: cavalryman, with helmet, sword (or short spear?) and round shield, looking back over shoulder to right, while his horse gallops to left; a single, small filling hole at lower right; band of lines and grooves towards edge; narrow, plain shoulder. Volutes flanking nozzle; large wick hole. Incised base ring, and uneven, concave base; a small, central impressed, vertical maker's mark.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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