Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Vessberg Type 20. Mold-made. Shallow, lentoid shape, with impressed decoration. Large, oval central filling hole, surrounded by a circular groove and broad band containing eight impressed circles with raised rings; towards the edge, a narrow band of impressed dots flanked on either side by a circular groove. The wick hole is placed outside the decorated area. On the uneven base, a disk pattern, poorly executed, comprising a central impressed triangle surrounded by dots, a circular groove, and another band of dots, with an impressed lines flanked by dots extending to front and back.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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