Description: RARE ANCIENT ROMAN BRONZE MULTI NOZZLE OIL LAMP A Roman bronze oil lamp with three short and rounded nozzles. There is one large central filling hole. The handle is decorated with bird's eye motifs Dimensions: Weight - 119.1 Grams Size - 11.3x9.3 cm A lamp with more than two nozzles was called a polymyxus. The number of nozzles was not limited but vast quantities found only have one. Oil lamps were used by the Romans for mainly three reasons; to light private and public spaces, to give as offerings in temples and to the gods and to be placed within a grave or funerary context. Age: 200-300 AD Provenance: Previously in a European collection formed in the 1980s
Price: 265 GBP
Location: Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
End Time: 2024-12-11T20:15:47.000Z
Shipping Cost: 19.06 GBP
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Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
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Antique: Yes
Type: Lamp
Original/Repro: Original
Material: Bronze
Age: Pre-1800
