Terracotta oil lamp
Not on view
Loeschcke Type 1A. Mold-made. Discus: large crouching lion, facing right, above a bucranium, both in high relief; a single filling hole behind bucranium, with a band of lines and grooves at edge. Volutes flanking nozzle. Within incised base ring, flat base, with impressed letters across center: FAVSTI.
Nozzle broken and partially missing, especially on the underside, but discus and body complete.
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