COLLECTION OF ROMAN AND BYZANTINE TERRACOTTA OIL LAMPS

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Ca. AD 1 - 400. A collection of 10 terracotta oil lamps, including, from left to right: two leaf-shaped examples, each with a central filling hole, and a broad lug handle; a circular lamp with concentric raised rings around the filling hole and a small handle; a lamp with a bordered discus encircling the filling hole with a ring of moulded ornament and a tapered nozzle; a lamp with concentric ridges around the central filling hole and an upturned ribbed handle; a circular lamp with concentric grooves around the filling hole and radiating incised lines; and four similarly built lamps, each with a teardrop-shaped body with a central filling hole, a rounded nozzle, and an upturned lug handle at the rear. Size: 90-110mm x 55-80mm; Weight: 1.08kg Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.

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