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Terracotta oil lamp (Object ID: D64)

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oil lamps
Local ID:
D64

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Terracotta lamp with very round body and slightly depressed discus. Nozzle missing. Small, off-center filling hole ( nearly touching the front rim edge) and a broken off spout. Very light, probably unglazed clay with indistinct décor around central rim and a copulating couple on the discus. Base is an incised circle that is somewhat off center. Probably Byzantine.

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"Terracotta oil lamp (Object ID: D64) " Joukowsky Institute Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:qhbxtzab/

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    Joukowsky Institute Collection

    The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World possesses a collection of more than 2,000 artifacts, ranging in date from the Neolithic to the modern day, and generally Mediterranean in origin. The collection encompasses a wide variety of items …
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