Bronze candelabrum (lamp stand) ca. 1st century Roman An oil lamp, made of either bronze or terracotta, would have stood on the bell-shaped top. Such an arrangement formed the normal way of providing artificial lighting in the main rooms of a Roman house. A number of similar candelabra have been found at Pompeii and the other sites that were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Bronze candelabrum (lamp stand). Roman. ca. 1st century Bronze. Early Imperial. Bronzes

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