Roman Lamp

Inv. No.: 65.004
Height: 38mm
Width: 90mm

Elongated, roughly triangular form. Wick projection balanced by lug handle. Raised ridge around the top follows the lamp's contours. Pale clay.

Function:
Oil lamp

Decoration:
The decoration in relief consists of a cross on the top of the nozzle, stylised plants along the sides, and a spoked wheel underneath.

 

Bibliography:

Comparanda:
*A.N.U., inv. 74.08 - Similar but less stylised plant decoration; *Baur, P.V.C., Catalogue of the Rebecca Darlington Stoddard Collection of Greeek and Italian Vases in Yale University , 1922, P. 286 - Christian lamps.