Oil Lamp
1st century A.D.
Discus Iconography: Plain discus.
Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with two deep grooves. Shoulder and wall of basin decorated with rows of closely spaced globules. Unpierced lug on left side of the body. Slightly sunken discus with one concentric ridge around a small central filling-hole. Medium-length flat-topped nozzle with a splayed tip and blunt obtuse end; burn marks. Raised base-ring.
Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with two deep grooves. Shoulder and wall of basin decorated with rows of closely spaced globules. Unpierced lug on left side of the body. Slightly sunken discus with one concentric ridge around a small central filling-hole. Medium-length flat-topped nozzle with a splayed tip and blunt obtuse end; burn marks. Raised base-ring.
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