lamp. oil. The object is an oil lamp with a circular oil chamber. There are two centrally placed filling holes in the discus. The discus is concave and extends out to the nozzle. The wick hole is very large and there is a handle at the end opposite. The handle is vertical and un-pierced. The discus has coptic designs and there is raised shoulder 'bumps' resembling small portraits in profile possibly the twelve apostles. The fabric is buff with a dark slip.

34842 (ethnology)

Archaeology