Circular outline. Heavy volute nozzle with triangular termination, curving grooves behind wickhole.
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical fabric (fine, pinkish), firing, and surface treatment (rich orangish red, thick, even slip, applied over seam into reservoir).
Preservation description
One large sherd preserves ca. 30% of left nozzle and adjacent wall. Slight, sparse abrasion; slip well preserved; mostly clean breaks; thick patch of mortar(?) or sandy encrustation inside.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 18, no. 66 (H. Williams identified as “Part of an extremely large volute lamp. Italian, first century“)
