Terracotta oil lamp
Vessberg Type 19. Mold-made, with applied conical handle. Sharply carinated body; central filling hole, surrounded by a raised circle; on shoulder, pattern of parallel, incised grooves around sides and back, and a pattern of impressed dots and short lines behind wick hole with raised rim; channel to wick hole. Flat base with two concentric grooves and a central dot.
Intact. The wick hole has been crudely formed in the central, plain discus.
Intact. The wick hole has been crudely formed in the central, plain discus.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta oil lamp
- Period: Late Imperial
- Date: 3rd century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: Overall: 1 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. (3.5 x 8.9 cm)
- Classification: Terracottas
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.2140
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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