MM 1963:018 :: lamp

Object description: Mouldmade lamp with relatively deep, circular body with a short rounded nozzle, heart-shaped on its upper surface. A ring-handle with two impressed grooves as decoration, is placed at the rear. The rounded shoulder is separated from the discus by an inward-sloping moulded rim. The deep-sunk discus is undecorated, has a symmetrically placed wick-hole. The lamp stands on a slightly raised base, in the centre of which is an impressed double planta pedis, each element of which contains the relief letters PVF. Reddish clay covered with reddish-brown slip. Traces after use on wick-hole.

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