Acquisition number: 1973.18
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The surface is worn and badly incrusted; the handle is missing. Pale brown clay with small white inclusions and many small voids. There is a ridge around the oil-hole, then, on the shoulder, a wreath. The wick-hole is slightly raised and blackened. There is a strong carination at the junction of shoulder and wall. The lower part is wheel-made, with ring foot, the upper part mould-made, and the two parts are unevenly aligned.
Title: Roman Lamp - 1973.18
Acquisition number: 1973.18
Culture or period: Roman Imperial
Date: 2nd century AD.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Lamps - Terracotta
Dimensions: 80mm (l) × 27mm (h)
Origin region or location: France
Origin city: Northern Provinces: Gaul or Germany.
Display case or on loan: 11
Keywords: Roman, Imperial, Germany, Lamp
1973.18
Roman Lamp
Given by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. Pres. length 8cm; ht 2.7cm.
The surface is worn and badly incrusted; the handle is missing. Pale brown clay with small white inclusions and many small voids. There is a ridge around the oil-hole, then, on the shoulder, a wreath. The wick-hole is slightly raised and blackened. There is a strong carination at the junction of shoulder and wall. The lower part is wheel-made, with ring foot, the upper part mould-made, and the two parts are unevenly aligned.
Doubtless from somewhere in the northern provinces; second century AD.
Written on the underside in ink: 1974.356.33.