Terracotta oil lamp
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Loeschcke Type 8. Mold-made. Discus: scallop shell; two filling holes, one to each side. Shoulder, slightly sloping outward: narrow band of impressed dots around edge of discus and broad impressed herringbone pattern. Undefined, concave base; on base, inscribed in large Greek letters in three lines: CΦYPIΔWNOC, "of Sphyridon."
Broken and repaired, now in two separate pieces, comprising part of discus and shoulder as a single piece, and in four joined pieces part of part of side and most of base. Reddish buff clay.
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