Terracotta oil lamp

Unknown

ca. 90–200 CE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Loeschcke Type 8. Mold-made, with shallow, deeply carinated body. Discus: locust facing right, eating grapes; a single filling hole at bottom. On shoulder, a pattern of impressed ovules, interrupted at the sides with two axe head-shaped designs. Stylized volutes flanking nozzle. Base ring outlined by two concentric grooves, and a flat base, with an impressed marker's mark, comprising two Greek letters: C Є, flanking a spray with three berries. Pinkish-buff clay. Intact. The lamp was probably made in Syria–Palestine.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 90–200 CE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76