Object Description
A fine Roman terracotta oil lamp from North Africa, featuring an elongated oval body with a circular discus, decorated with a Chi-Rho monogram above a concentric circle. A raised ridge encircles the discus and extends outwards around the nozzle hole, repaired, forming a broad channel. The beaded Chi-Rho monogram at the centre is flanked on either side by two small filling holes. The shoulders of the lamp are decorated on both sides with a series of five concentric circles, with a quatrefoil design at the centre. Each row terminates with a leaf, which points towards the large nozzle hole. A repaired solid spike-like handle, flattened on each side, sits at the top of the lamp, and the lamp sits on a ring foot.
This lamp is classified as Hayes II A.
Date: Circa 5th-6th Century AD