Terracotta oil lamp
Not on view
Vessberg Type 20. Mold-made. Shallow, lentoid shape, with impressed decoration. Large, oval central filling hole, surrounded by a broad band containing a star pattern between two circular grooves; the star pattern comprising four linear radiating spokes, each consisting of two rows of small impressed circles flanking a central groove and, between the spokes, four triangles (the two at back, containing a single impressed circle, and the two at front, three impressed circles; the outer circular groove broken by the wick hole. On the uneven base, a disk pattern, poorly executed, comprising a central dot with a circular groove, surrounded by a row of impressed dots and another circular groove, with a linear spoke at front, and traces of dots at back.
Intact.
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