| Accession_Number | 2016.3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shape | Oil lamp | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Round body, convex shoulders and concave discus with a regular filling hole, roughly at the lower end of the discus; short round nozzle, leading convexly to the base, and round tip with ovoidal wick hole at centre. Vertical round handle, raising up at rear part of the shoulder. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fabric | Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fabric_description | Reddish clay | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Munsell_color | 10R5/8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Decoration | Moulded ring around the discus; there is a moulded decoration of a corpulent bearded male figure (satyr), riding a goat, on the discus. The satyr is grasping the animal's horn with the right and the tail with the left hand. Scene is depicted in left side view. Three punched dots decorate the shoulder in the section of the nozzle. Incised ring around the base with Greek inscription at centre. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Inside the ring at the base of the lamp are incised two Greek capital letters: ΔΙ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Condition | Some whitish-grey deposits on the lamp surface, especially around the handle section and on the sides of the lamp. The surface is also worn. Burnt patches on the nozzle. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Mould made | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provenance | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Period | Roman | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | First century A.D. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | D.M. Bailey, Greek and Roman Pottery Lamp, Oxford 1972, Pl. 7. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bibliography | D.M. Bailey, A Catalogue of Lamps in the British Museum, British Museum, 1975-96. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Diameters | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other_dims. | Lenght : 8.50; nozzle: 1.5; base: 4; filling hole: 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 9.2.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Claudia Pinci; Julia; Jayne | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 11.3.2016; 03.06.2016; 14.12.23 |
