Terracotta oil lamp

Roman, Cypriot

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Loeschcke Type 8. Mold-made, with ring handle. Discus: Odysseus (Ulysses) escaping from the Cyclops Polyphemus strapped under a large ram, standing to right; ground line below; a single, large filling hole at bottom, below figures; on horizontal shoulder, an inner band of short, diagonal impressed lines surrounded by a band of raised dots. Incised base ring, and uneven, slightly concave base.

Intact.

Terracotta oil lamp, Terracotta, Roman, Cypriot

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