A red-nested lamp with an oval body on a recessed, round base. The hollow mirror is surrounded by concentric circles and a kyma and decorated with a relief image of a dressed woman with a torch in one hand, the other extending over an altar. A snake meanders at the feet. The small filling hole is to the left of the figure. The short, broad spout with a large fire hole is round closed and decorated with volutes. The vertically attached ear is decorated with notches, oil lamp, earthenware, terracotta, x x 8 cm, 1st and 2nd century AD. 1-200, Asia
A red-nested lamp with an oval body on a recessed, round base. The hollow mirror is surrounded by concentric circles and a kyma and decorated with a relief image of a dressed woman with a torch in one hand, the other extending over an altar. A snake meanders at the feet. The small filling hole is to the left of the figure. The short, broad spout with a large fire hole is round closed and decorated with volutes. The vertically attached ear is decorated with notches, oil lamp, earthenware, terracotta, x x 8 cm, 1st and 2nd century AD. 1-200, Asia
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