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ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP
ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP
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Ca. 100-200 AD. A figural terracotta oil lamp with a single handle. The discus is framed by two concentric rings, in the middle is a frontal portrait with a high headgear and horns. The maker's mark to base reads, "MNOVIVST”. He was a lamp maker, known as M. Novius Justus, with a workshop situated in North Africa and produced oil lamps from 120–180 AD. For a lamp held in the British Museum collections with the same impressed inscription, see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1863-0728-232.Size: L:101mm / W: 70mm; 54.7gProvenance: Acquired from a London gallery; formerly with Arnos Jumperz, Leverkusen Germany. His collection was formed before 1994 and passed by descent to his family.
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ROMAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP

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