Object Description
A Roman terracotta lantern with side handle; the top set with a decorative pattern of piercings to allow smoke to escape; side with large rectangular opening for the light source to be placed inside; standing on a flat base. Very rare.
Period: Circa 4th century AD.
For the type, see items 623-625; Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection; Qedem Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology, Jerusalem.