A group of Roman and Coptic pottery oil lamps and flasks, including a lamp decorated with vine tendrils in relief around the central hole, with herringbone pattern running towards the nozzle -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) long, another with lunate thumb rest 4½in. (11.5cm.) long, two miniature Coptic two handled flasks, the front showing brick furnace in relief, inscribed above, two incised figures on the reverse, 2½in. (6.4cm.) high av., and a pottery spindle whorl with incised geometric pattern -- 1½in. (3.8cm.) diam., all 1st-7th Century A.D. (14)

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A group of Roman and Coptic pottery oil lamps and flasks, including a lamp decorated with vine tendrils in relief around the central hole, with herringbone pattern running towards the nozzle -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) long, another with lunate thumb rest 4½in. (11.5cm.) long, two miniature Coptic two handled flasks, the front showing brick furnace in relief, inscribed above, two incised figures on the reverse, 2½in. (6.4cm.) high av., and a pottery spindle whorl with incised geometric pattern -- 1½in. (3.8cm.) diam., all 1st-7th Century A.D. (14)

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