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'The Ousden' Roman Iron Hanging Oil Lamp
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
3 7/8 in. (165 grams, 98 mm).
With an oval-shaped body and D-shaped nozzle, integral plate to rear with rectangular-section arm and pierced sub-circular terminal arching over the bowl; rare.
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector in 2021 near Ousden, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report number SF-F6A5CC.
Cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. SF-F6A5CC, for this item.
LiteratureCf. The British Museum, museum number 1862,0719.1, for a very similar lamp; cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. BH-706431 and BH-84CCFA, for comparable examples.
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