Terracotta oil lamp
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Vessberg Type 18. Unpierced handle. Mold-made. Discus: naked man facing front but moving to right, holding large bulbous jar in lowered right hand and with a small amphora below raised left arm; around edge of discus, close-set, short radiating lines. Two filling holes at sides. On broad shoulder, stylized vines with many grapes. Rounded nozzle with large wick hole. On undefined, concave base, Greek letters in relief:
Intact. some sooting around nozzle
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