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LampCg52

One-wick oil lamp made from fairly fine-grained buff clay with a reddish-brown slip. The body is circular as viewed from above, has a rounded shoulder, and walls that taper inwards to a flat base. The top centre is concave with a filling hole set slightly off-centre. There is a vertical pierced disc handle with two shallow incised grooves, the short, rounded nozzle is set off from the body by a faint transverse line, and the flat base is delineated by a faint circle with a trace of a plant impression in the middle.

Culture
Roman
Material
clay
Made in
United Kingdom and England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LampCg51

Lamp made of pale buff, fine-grained clay and coated with a bright orange slip. The body is circular as viewed from the top and has a sunken flat discus enclosed by a shoulder ring broken to form a tapering point towards the nozzle. Two suspension knobs sit on the sloping shoulder nearer the nozzle. The vertical handle is moulded and pierced with a hole. The handle is decorated on the upper side with two shallow incised grooves. The projecting nozzle ends in a rounded termination with a raised plane at the extremity of the wick-hole. The flat base is enclosed by a base-ring and is inscribed. A small wick-adjustment hole is visible at the base of the nozzle.

Culture
Roman
Material
clay
Made in
United Kingdom and England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LampCg50

Lamp made from pale buff, fine-grained clay with traces of a chocolate brown, thin matte slip, unevenly fired. Body has basin-shaped walls resting on a flat base, bordered by a groove. The angled shoulder is set off from the discus at the top centre by three concentric grooves. At the centre of the discus in high relief is the figure of a standing cock depicted in profile. The filling hole is below the figure's chest. The lengthened nozzle has a rounded termination and is flanked by double volutes.

Culture
Roman ?
Material
clay
Made in
United Kingdom and England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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