Object Description
A Roman terracotta oil lamp with a decorated concave discus. Within its centre is a crouching rabbit, or hare, its small rhomboid shaped face nibbling at a bunch of grapes. The fruit is flanked by large leaves and the swirling tendrils of the vine. The scene is surrounded by three concentric circles and the lamp has an angular voluted nozzle. The filling hole can be found towards the bottom of the discus. The reverse features a concentric circle marking a simple ring base. This lamp belongs to the Loeschcke type I B group, which is characterised by its lack of a handle, circular body, and wide angular nozzle flanked by two volutes.
Date: Circa 1st Century AD