Terracotta oil lamp

Roman

Not on view

Vessberg Type 18. Mold-made, with unpierced handle. Discus: cross, decorated with circles at center and ends of arms, with a pattern of three similar circles between the arms; two filling holes, at top right and bottom left. Shoulder: herringbone wreath surrounded by a row of hollow circles and smaller dots. Undefined, pushed-in base.

Broken at front with nozzle and front half of wick hole missing.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman

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