Lighting Devices
Terracotta Lamp
Description
From Rome, Broneer Type cannot be determined. Material: hard, porous, light-yellow clay, with gritty black impurities. No surface treatment. Complete except for tiny hole in right side, slightly encrusted. Crudely made oblong lamp with long nozzle containing tiny wick-hole and horizontal pierced handle. Flat, somewhat elliptical base, concave top with small, central filling-hole. Wick-hole apparently stopped up. Decoration--V-shaped groove, pointing towards nozzle, on top. No inscriptions or potter's stamps.
Dimensions
4.5 x 1.9 x 3.2 cm (1 3/4 x 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
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