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Terracotta oil lamp
Vessberg Type 20. Mold-made. Broad, flat, lentoid shape, with impressed decoration. Large, central filling hole, surrounded by a circular groove, then by a star pattern of nine lunettes; within lunettes, small, impressed circles with raised dots (three lunettes containing a single circle, two containing two circles, and four containing three circles); two more circular grooves towards edge of top, bordering a band of small, impressed circles with raised dots; the outer groove broken at front by the wick hole. On the bottom, at center three small, impressed circles with raised dots surrounded by a circular groove; another circular band of small, impressed circles with raised dots within a circular groove; and, at front and back, two parallel linear grooves flanked by small, impressed circles with raised dots.
Intact.
Intact.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta oil lamp
- Period: Early Byzantine
- Date: late 5th–6th century CE
- Culture: Roman
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (2.2 x 8.9 cm)
- Classification: Terracottas
- Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
- Object Number: 74.51.2049
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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ca. 100 BCE
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