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CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
circa 1st-2nd century a.d.
In the form of a crouching figure, perhaps a hunchback, wearing an animal skin tied around his neck, the mane and hooves of the skin delineated at the hump, his arms around his exaggerated phallus, embellished with a foliate pattern and serving as the lamp's nozzle, on a disk foot, with a loop above for suspension, base and lid missing
3.5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
circa 1st-2nd century a.d.
In the form of a crouching figure, perhaps a hunchback, wearing an animal skin tied around his neck, the mane and hooves of the skin delineated at the hump, his arms around his exaggerated phallus, embellished with a foliate pattern and serving as the lamp's nozzle, on a disk foot, with a loop above for suspension, base and lid missing
3.5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high