Double Nozzle Volute Lamp
Roman
Buff fabric with mottled orange-red slip. Deep reservoir with curving sides. Flat base offset by a raised ring. Sunken discus rimmed by four bands in relief, with two bands in relief decorating the discus. Small central fill hole. Vertical pierced handle. Above handle is the broken stump of what would have been a handle-ornament. Double nozzles with attenuated volute decoration extend from body of the lamp at an approximately thirty degree angle from each other. Nozzles retain very small traces of charring.
Terracotta
Roman Imperial period, Early