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PROPERTY OF PROFESSOR AND MRS. SID PORT
A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE OIL LAMP
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Pear-shaped with a voluted nozzle, a bunch of grapes incised between the volutes, concentric rings with incised rays around the fill-hole, a mouse crouching on the top of the lamp, with erect ears and long pointed face, its fur rendered with incision, its tail serving as the ring handle, on a raised drop-shaped base
4½ in. (11.4 cm) long
Circa 1st Century A.D.
Pear-shaped with a voluted nozzle, a bunch of grapes incised between the volutes, concentric rings with incised rays around the fill-hole, a mouse crouching on the top of the lamp, with erect ears and long pointed face, its fur rendered with incision, its tail serving as the ring handle, on a raised drop-shaped base
4½ in. (11.4 cm) long