Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Discus: two, confronted dolphins in relief to either side of a vertical, inverted anchor with a band of concentric lines and grooves towards edge. Single filling hole towards nozzle. Volutes flanking nozzle. Within raised base ring, flat base, with a small raised letter N or Z in retrograde ?) twoards the edge.

Intact, except for chip on shoulder at back..

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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