Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

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Vessberg Type 19 (slipper lamp). Mold-made, with applied tall, conical handle. Sharply carinated body; wide filling hole with raised rim; channel to wick hole. Wide, rounded shoulder with indistinct ridges. Oval base ring, and flat base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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