Object Description
A fine Late Roman/Early Byzantine terracotta oil lamp, manufactured locally in the Eastern provinces of the late Roman Empire. The lamp is mould-made, featuring a biconical body with an elongated round-tipped nozzle. A rectangular lug handle is displayed at the rear, adorned with five vertical ridges. A single, connected ridge outlines both the discus and the channel to the wick-hole, flanked on either shoulder by a curve of dotted decoration. A small raised concentric circle features beneath the discus. The lamp rests upon a circular foot and features earthy encrustations, flaking and hairline cracks to the surface. Some soot residue features around the wick-hole.
Date: Circa 4th-5th Century AD