Terracotta oil lamp

Unknown

2nd century CE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Mold-made, with ring handle. Discus: small, plain, concave disk, with a single central filling hole and surrounded by a raised circle flanked by two grooves. On sloping convex shoulder: radiating long tongues, and between discus and nozzle, a head in high profile. Body curves in and joins a projecting, vertical pedestal. Handle broken and mostly missing; pedestal also broken off, revealing the flat bottom of the lamp.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd century CE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76