Roman Pottery Lamp with Certification

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An antique Roman pottery lamp, 4th to 5th century AD, with certification, the petite terracotta lamp of traditional teardrop shape with two apertures and a small handle, relief decoration around the rim; certificate of authenticity issued by Max Harris, Director, Antiquities & Ethnographica Society, South Australia, reference PR 022/19 (catalogue 1 # 12); purchased 1972, height 4 cm, width 8 cm

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Terracotta - Terracotta is lightly fired earthenware, red or reddish-brown in colour, used in ancient times. Fired at higher temperatures terracotta was used in the nineteenth century for decorative vases and similar objects, but rarely for utilitarian goods. Other uses for terracotta include roofing tiles, garden pots and ornaments. Glazed terracotta is known as faience.

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Roman antiquities 353

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