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Lamp

Lamp

Roman

Tear-shaped, slightly raised, flat base. Deep reservoir. Narrow rim slopes inward and consists of three ridges. Discus is funnel-shaped with a central filling hole surrounded by a large, thinly-petalled rosette. Decorative, bowtie-shaped lug at left side of rim. Long nozzle flares at end and terminates in a straight edge. Channel interrupts rim and extends to nozzle hole. Handle and tip of nozzle are heavily repaired or restored.

Terracotta

Roman Republican period, Late, to Early Imperial

Lighting Devices