Object Description
A Hellenistic terracotta oil lamp featuring a rounded carinated body with a small, central filling hole. A raised, thick ring encompasses the hole from which equally spaced ridges extend out and down the shoulder. The body tapers in to a short nozzle with a circular wick hole. A horizontal ridge is visible just above the wick hole. The oil lamp sits on a flat circular base. Encrustation is visible to the surface along with burn marks to the wick hole.
Date: Circa 2nd – 1st century BC