Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Discus: at left, a slave, wearing a loin-cloth, kneeling to right with hands in a large basket or bowl; above to right, a goat's head; single filling hole below towards nozzle, with a band of lines and grooves towards edge. Volutes flanking nozzle. Incised base ring, and flat base.

Right side of nozzle broken and missing; small hole in left underside of nozzle.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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