Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made, with ring handle. Discus: the nymph Amaltheia, facing right, with right hand outstretched and holding a goat by the horns; two filling holes above and below goat, with a band of lines and grooves at edge. Volutes flanking long nozzle. Incised base ring, and a flat base.

Large, jagged hole in right side of body.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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