These mould made lamps are a development of the Early Roman period oil lamps. They are often decorated with various scenes such as; fighting gladiators, mythological or erotic scenes ect.
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Early Imperial oil lamp Portraying a boxer Dated: 1st cent. CE Length: 8.8 cm. Early Imperial oil lamp Portraying the myth of Leda and the swan Dated: 1st cent. CE Length: 9.6 cm. | Early Imperial oil lamp Portraying the myth of the she-goat Amalthea who suckled the infant Jupiter with the aid of the nymph Adrastea Dated: 1st cent. CE Length: 9.5 cm. Early Imperial oil lamp Portraying two gladiators in strife Dated: 1st cent. CE Length: 10.5 cm. |