Terracotta oil lamp
Not on view
Vessberg Type 18. Mold-made, with unpierced handle. Discus: undecorated circle, with central filling hole and bordered by a raised line and groove that extend forward, enclosing the wick hole. Convex-curving shoulder: pattern of raised globules. Raised base ring, flanked by circular grooves, and small, pushed-in base, possibly impressed with a footprint stamp. V-shaped pattern of lines and grooves between base and back of handle; two bands of two parallel grooves flanking underside of nozzle, and a row of three impressed dots on spine of nozzle.
Intact.
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