Lamp
1st century B.C.
Discus Iconography: Plain discus.
Description: Moldmade. Biconical flattened body. Two narrow rectangular side-lugs with wavy pattern. Shoulder with garland of four heart-shaped leaves alternating with four rosettes. Shoulder separated from discus by a circular grooved ridge. Slightly concave discus; central filling-hole surrounded by a flat raised band. Medium-length nozzle; flat circular plate around the wick-hole; a human head in high relief on nozzle top. Base-ring marked off by two grooves; an additional inner thin ring; on the outer ring three circular raised reliefs marked off by one groove. Moldmade raised inscription in Greek on three lines. Both letter reading and line divisions are uncertain, and the reading is upside down, which is unusual: ΕΡΩΙϹ[?]/ΟΓΡΛΨΑ/ΟΙϹΕΕΝ[?]. Line three may possibly be the name of the writer.
Description: Moldmade. Biconical flattened body. Two narrow rectangular side-lugs with wavy pattern. Shoulder with garland of four heart-shaped leaves alternating with four rosettes. Shoulder separated from discus by a circular grooved ridge. Slightly concave discus; central filling-hole surrounded by a flat raised band. Medium-length nozzle; flat circular plate around the wick-hole; a human head in high relief on nozzle top. Base-ring marked off by two grooves; an additional inner thin ring; on the outer ring three circular raised reliefs marked off by one groove. Moldmade raised inscription in Greek on three lines. Both letter reading and line divisions are uncertain, and the reading is upside down, which is unusual: ΕΡΩΙϹ[?]/ΟΓΡΛΨΑ/ΟΙϹΕΕΝ[?]. Line three may possibly be the name of the writer.
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