NM Ant 0174
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lamp
- Object description
- Mouldmade lamp; circular body with a slightly convex, inward-sloping profile and rounded nozzle, flat on its upper surface (Loeschcke’s nozzle form L1). Sloping shoulder (Loeschcke Typus VII.a), with one impressed dot at each side of the nozzle-beginning. Pierced and grooved handle at the rear, reaching almost down to base, blunt at the end. The slightly concave discus is defined by two circular grooves and has an asymmetrically placed filling-hole. Moulded decoration on it: Cupid with Apollo’s cithara. He is seated to right astride the sound-box, looking slightly downwards to front, and plucks at the strings. Raised base with inscription: CIVNALEX. Pale-red clay and red slip. Traces after use around nozzle.
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