Early Roman Imperial Oil Lamps

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.