Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

Early Imperial

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 1A. Mold-made. Discus: plain, concave bowl, with central filling hole and a band of concentric lines and grooves towards edge. Volutes flanking nozzle. Within impressed base ring, slightly concave base, with a central raised letter: W (or four-bar sigma).

Complete, except for small break and loss on front and underside of nozzle.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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