Terracotta oil lamp
Unknown Artist
Loeschcke Type 8. Unpierced handle. Mold-made. Discus; rosette with hollow, overlapping petals around central filling hole. Shoulder: chain pattern of circles and dots within two incised lines. On slightly concave base, inscribed in Greek letters: CΦPIΔ/WNOC. Broken around nozzle, partially repaired but left side missing; small hole extending towards handle from filling hole.
Credit: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Late 3rd century A.D.
Terracotta
3.8 x 8.9cm
74.51.2225
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection