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Accession_Number

50.4.25

Shape

Lamp

Shape_description

Circular body, concave discus with a circular filling hole to the frontal left hand side. Flat nozzle with concave sides and single ended volutes, the tip is splayed and ends in an obtuse angle, the wick hole is circular. There is a base demarcated but not raised, the base is slightly concave.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Campanian

Fabric_description

Fine

Munsell_color

2.5YR 6/2

Decoration

Two moulded rings around the outer edge of the discus, within stands a ram facing the right with odysseus straped to the underneath of it. The ram satands on a base line. Dark wash all over.

Inscriptions

Foot print stamp on the base, perhaps 'NNA' or 'NIAE'.

Condition

Complete, but with nozzle glued back on with B72 glue. A few cracks on the discus, wash wearing in places. Small hole where spout joins discus.

Technique/Style

Provenance

Said to be from Pompeii.

Period

Roman

Date

1 c. AD

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2001.99.0018.jpg	Top view of a Roman lamp depicting Odysseus clinging to the belly of the ram.
2001.99.0020.jpg	Top view of a Roman lamp, upside down, depicting Odysseus clinging to the belly of the ram.
2001.99.0021.jpg	Top view of a Roman lamp depicting Odysseus clinging to the belly of the ram.
2001.99.0022.jpg	Top view of a Roman lamp depicting Odysseus clinging to the belly of the ram.
2001.99.0023.jpg	View of the base of a Roman lamp, showing footprint stamp and modern inscribed label.
2001.99.0024.jpg	View of the base of a Roman lamp, showing footprint stamp and modern inscribed label.
2001.99.0025.jpg	Top view of a Roman lamp depicting Odysseus clinging to the belly of the ram.
2005.01.0283.jpg	Top view of a Roman lamp, showing Odysseus clinging to the belly of a ram.
2005.01.0284.jpg	Top view of a Roman lamp, showing Odysseus clinging to the belly of a ram.
2005.01.0285.jpg	Top view of the bottom of a Roman lamp, showing footprint stamp.
2005.01.0314.jpg	Oblique view of a Roman lamp, showing Odysseus clinging to the belly of a ram.
2005.01.0332.jpg	Front view of a Roman lamp.