Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made, with ring handle. Plain, deeply concave discus; a single filling hole at center and with a raised circle at edge of discus. On sloping shoulder, a pattern of impressed leaves. Volutes flanking nozzle. Impressed ring base, and a slightly uneven base, with an impressed O at center.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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