Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Large ring handle. Mold-made. Discus: uncertain design comprising raised dots and lines, surrounded by ridge that also forms a nozzle channel. Central filling hole. Short, raised lines radiating outwards onto shoulder from ridge. Shallow body and base.

Most of handle missing; chipped around nozzle.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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