Late Roman Bronze Open Oil Lamp

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY A.D.

3 3/8 in. (106 grams, 85 mm).

Circular oil lamp with low walls and two projecting nozzles, a low basal ring, and an inked collector's note 'AR2' on the base.

Provenance

From an important collection of lamps, Germany, 1970s.

Literature

Cf. Bailey, D.M., A catalogue of the lamps in the British Museum, IV, Lamps of metal and stone, and lampstands, London, 1996, no.Q3767, for the type (Roman open lamps).

CONDITION

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