Terracotta oil lamp

Unknown

ca. 70–120 CE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Loeschcke Type 4. Mold-made. Discus: in high relief, a biga (two-horse chariot), facing right, with driver holding a whip over the horses' back, and their front legs raised; the chariot's wheel decorated like a rosette; a ground line below; a single filling hole below the horses, with a band of raised lines and grooves towards the edge. Shortened, stylized volutes flanking nozzle, with large wick hole. Within impressed base ring, a flat base with the incised marker's mark: ROMANE/SIS (both S retrograde), and a hollow O below. One large hole in right side of shoulder.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 70–120 CE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman, Cnidian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76