Archaeology — Roman; 43-125
Lamp, picture lamp
Incomplete type 4 ceramic picture lamp, nozzle and body fragment in four joining pieces. Part of rounded nozzle with volute mouldings; broken at the wick hole; sooting around wick hole. Only part of the body survives. Flat shoulder decorated with three concentric grooves around the border of the discus of which only a trace survives; several irregular cuts radiate from the grooves, these are probably incised rather than moulded but appear to be pre-firing; flat circular base defined by a groove; patches of sooting at shoulder. Unsourced oxidised ware (OXID).
- Category:
- Archaeology
- Object ID:
- WES89[949]<193>
- Object name:
- lamp, picture lamp
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- Roman; 43-125
- Material:
ceramic
- Measurements/duration:
- L 72.3 mm, DM (est.) 65 mm, H 24.3 mm, WT 18.1 g
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Archaeological archive
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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