Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Discus: shell pattern of nine relief fans radiating from a filling hole towards nozzle, with a band of lines and grooves towards edge. Volutes flanking nozzle. Within incised base ring, slightly concave base, with large letters in relief across center: M A, with dot between.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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