Terracotta oil lamp

Unknown

3rd century CE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Vessberg Type 19. Mold-made, with applied conical handle. Sharply carinated body; central filling hole, surrounded by a raised circle; on shoulder, pattern of parallel, incised grooves around sides and back, and a pattern of impressed dots and short lines behind wick hole with raised rim; channel to wick hole. Flat base with two concentric grooves and a central dot. Intact. The wick hole has been crudely formed in the central, plain discus.

Artist

Unknown

Date

3rd century CE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76