Rome; Lamps; Clay (unfired)

Notes:

Pinkish buff micaceous clay; unglazed. ‘Delphiniform lamp’. End of broad flat-topped nozzle missing, probably had blunt end. At base of nozzle is a moulded figure (lion’s skin in croaching attitude?). Small stamped circle at either side of figure. Rows of raised dots on rim. Ornamented fin-like projection on left side. Raised rim about small sunk discus with central filling hole. Band handle broken, was added separately. Base ring set in grooves.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Rome; Lamps; Italy

Language:

UND

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