Lamp with floral decoration

Lamp with floral decoration

Origin

Nikopoli, Preveza

Period

Mid 1st - early 2nd century AD

Material

Clay

Description

Solid painted lamp decorated with a plant theme. The disc (the upper surface) of the lamp is decorated with a nine-leaf rosette with central ribbing on each leaf. In the center of the disc there is a small filling hole (for the inflow of the oil and the control of the wick) and around the perimeter, on the shoulder (the transition from the disc to the vertical walls of the vessel), an oval zone is formed. At the end of the egg zone towards the mycelium (exit of the wick), helices are formed. Without the craftsman's signature.

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