Lamp

50-1-25

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 50-1-25
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Mediterranean
Period Roman Period
Date Made 1st century
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Bird's Head Lamp in the later stylized form. Coarse buff clay. Brown slip (?) Dec.: wishbone and antithetical swan's head design. Potter's stamp: OPPI (Oppius).

Height 4 cm
Length 8.5 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. R. Hare Davis, 1950

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