Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Mold-made, with large ring handle. Discus: radiating, rounded petals, surrounding a central filling hole. Shoulder: a narrow horizontal band decorated with close-set raised lines or dots. Ornate volutes flanking angular nozzle. Broad handle, with large oval finger hole, decorated with a central groove flanked by two lines, running the length of the handle and with a horizontal bridge at the back. A broad raised base ring, and a flat base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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