Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 1A. Mold-made. Discus: rosette with many wavy petals around a central filling hole. Narrow, continuous shoulder decorated with ovules and two raised lines. Volutes flanking angular nozzle. Ribs extending from volutes down body to either side of nozzle. Raised base ring, outlined by two grooves; concave base inscribed: P·C·F. Mottled dark brown slip.

Intact. Nozzle heavily sooted.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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