Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Discus: female figure (Aphrodite/Venus) standing to front, with right arm raised to face and left holding drapery around her lower body; to left, a vase on a column; a single filling hole at lower right; band of lines and grooves around edge; sloping, narrow, undecorated shoulder. Volutes flanking broad nozzle. Incised base ring, and flat base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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