A Late Roman redware oil lamp, Hayes type I. The discus is decorated with a backward-looking ram, around which are grooved ridges; solid handle to rear. The lamp stands on a low ring base, the centre of which bears the inscribed makers mark SP.
 
Roman colonies of Northern Africa (Tunisia): Circa 375-450 AD.
 
Very Fine condition.
Length of lamp 11.8 cms (4.6 ins).
 
Provenance: Ex private collection H. L., Rhineland, since before 2000.
 
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