Oil lamp
Oil lamp decorated with a cross with knob like ends and concentric circles. A ring-handle at the rear with an extension up to the cross. Deep rounded body on a high base, tapering to an elongated nozzle-end. At the wick-hole and in the centre of the cross a loop, interconnected with a chain. A lid on the filling-hole. Intact, except for the broken hinge-piece of the lid.
Galerie Günter Puhze – catalogue Kunst der Antike 9, Freiburg im Breisgau 1991, no. 76
H. Menzel, Antike Lampen im Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum zu Mainz, Mainz 1969, p. 122 no. 718 Abb. 105
German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired 1991 on the German art market.
Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.