Terracotta oil lamp

Greek or Roman

Not on view

Wheel-made (?). Carinated, deep body. Large, central filling hole, surrounded by a raised ring. Sharply sloping shoulder, decorated with radiating lines; at left, projecting knob in the form of an animal head (?), and at right, by a four-petalled rosette. Raised base ring, and slightly concave base.

Complete, but a large surface chip on left side of shoulder, including part of a projecting knob.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Greek or Roman

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