Terracotta oil lamp 5th century Roman Hayes Type 2. Mold-made, with unpierced handle. Discus: chi-rho, with top at back, decorated with lines of dots, and other symbols with the P and below the two horizontal arms; two filling holes at either side; discus surrounded by a raised line that extends forward at the front, forming a broad channel to large wick hole. Shoulder: pattern of raised symbols arranged in squares and triangles. Flat oval base, with a central cross, decorated with a vertical line; two raised lines around edge of base, joining with two other lines that extend towards the
Terracotta oil lamp 5th century Roman Hayes Type 2. Mold-made, with unpierced handle. Discus: chi-rho, with top at back, decorated with lines of dots, and other symbols with the P and below the two horizontal arms; two filling holes at either side; discus surrounded by a raised line that extends forward at the front, forming a broad channel to large wick hole. Shoulder: pattern of raised symbols arranged in squares and triangles. Flat oval base, with a central cross, decorated with a vertical line; two raised lines around edge of base, joining with two other lines that extend towards the back of the handle, and two other sets of lines flanking the nozzle; a row of raised dots around bottom of the discus is the Christian chi-rho monogram. The shape and decoration of this lamp, made somewhere in the Greek East, are related to and probably copied from those of African red-slip ware Terracotta oil lamp. Roman. 5th century Terracotta; mold-made. Late Imperial. Terracottas
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