Terracotta oil lamp
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Vessberg Type 18. Unpierced handle. Mold-made. Discus: victorious racehorse running left and wearing ornate collar, with palm branch above head, flanked to either side by herringbone wreath. Above horse: indistinct letters; below horse: indistinct letters. Two large filling holes above and below horse. On shoulder, vine tendril with stylized bunches of grapes. On undefined, slightly concave base, in relief Greek letters: EYTYXHTOC.
Intact, except for slight surface losses at right. Sooting around nozzle. Pale buff clay.
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