Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Discus: standing hound, facing right, with head down and tail raised; ground line below; a single filling hole at center below line; band of lines and grooves towards edge. Volutes flanking nozzle, with large wick hole. Incised base ring, and slightly raised, flat base, with faint raised mark: I.

Intact, but some flaking of surface.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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