Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 8. Mold-made, with ring handle. Plain, deeply concave discus; a single filling hole at center and with a band of two grooves and raised lines at edge of discus. On almost horizontal shoulder, around inner edge, a pattern of impressed circles containing raised dots. Incised ring base, and a slightly concave base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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