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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Incomplete Roman pottery lamp of a type known as Loeschke Type IXb. This lamp has the usual rounded body with integral projecting spout for the wick from one side and a missing handle from the other side. The discus has a raised central boss; there are two raised lines which project at an angle from the raised border near the acentric hole. There is the maker's mark COMUNI (or possibly COMVNIS) - for Com[m]unis on moulded base. Date circa AD 75-125.
Oil lamps were filled with vegetable/olive oil or sometimes animal fat as a fuel, the nozzle would contain a wick for lighting. ‘Communis’ was a popular lamp maker names from Northern Italy. These lamps were produced on a massive scale and exported, much like commercial goods are today. The names were often copied by local producers.
Site Name: unprovenanced,
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