Terracotta oil lamp
Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Discus: at bottom, acanthus wreath with tendrils, spreading up and around toward back; a single central filling hole, surrounded by two raised circles and with a band of raised lines and grooves towards edge. Shortened, stylized volutes flanking nozzle, with large wick hole. Within impressed base ring, a slight concave base with the incised marker's mark: ROMANESIS (both S retrograde).
Intact.
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