Terracotta oil lamp
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Mold-made, with ring handle. Plain, concave discus, with central filling hole and raised edge. On the convex-curving shoulder, a vine tendril with three large leaves and ending in a small bunch of grapes at front; a small frond decorates the base of the nozzle, which has pointed sides around the large wick hole; on handle, a broad, central cable pattern flanked by two parallel raised lines, with a cross bar at back; squat, carinated body. Raised, broad base ring, and flat base, decorated with a five-petalled rosette.
Intact.
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