Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 5. Mold-made, with ring handle. Discus: a horizontal branch with oak leaves above and below; a single, small filling hole near front and with a band of grooves and raised lines at edge of discus. On narrow, almost horizontal shoulder, a pattern of small ovules. Volutes flanking nozzle. Broad raised ring base, outlined by two incised circles, and a slightly concave base, with a vertical impression at center.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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