Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

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Loeschcke Type 1A. Mold-made. Discus: a rosette with four large petals, interspersed with leafy fronds; a single filling hole at center, with a band of raised dots within two circles at edge. Volutes flanking angular nozzle, with a large wick hole. Raised base ring, and a flat base.

Broken and repaired, with one hole in body, three holes in discus, and chip in front edge of nozzle. Sooting around nozzle. Pink clay.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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