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Oil lamp

Roman, 2nd century AD
Clay.
L 10.7 cm

Oil lamp with short nozzle and handle. The discus decorated with the bust of the goddess of the moon Selene with crescent. With maker´s mark: CIVNXIE on the underside. A fragment reattached to the discus.

Published

Auction catalogue Bonhams & Brooks, London, 26 April 2001, Lot 688

cf.

J. Deneauve, Lampes de Carthage, 1974, N° 425 and 426

Provenance

Old German private collection.

Price
€ 380
Item
4301