c489-L828

Item

Find Number

c489-L828

Item Type

Find Card

Object Type

Sector

Building Feature

House of Menander (House 1), House of the Red Pavement (House 2), House 3, House 4, House 5

Area

Sealed deposit

Description

EARLY ROMAN LAMP OF DOUBTFUL TYPE. Fine, buff clay with remnants of dark brown varnish. Stamp on bottom? Nozzle missing. L. preserved .089; H ..04; Dia .067. Deeply sunk rim with ornament of raised concentric circles around filling hole. In the space on the rim between these and the handle is an ornament resembling a fish tail; the opposite side of the rim has an ornament of which two volutes at the bottom remain. Two incised lines at top of handle. Reverse: ornament within base ring too badly preserved for identification.

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