Agora Object: P 7882
Inventory Number:   P 7882
Section Number:   Σ 912
Title:   Lamp Fragment with Relief Decoration
Category:   Lamps
Description:   Broken all around. Mold made. From the upper front part of a figure wearing an elaborate breastplate; over the left shoulder falls the mask of a lion's skin; eyes punched. At the lower edge of the fragment an air hole(?).
Light red clay; purple-red glaze wash outside, and in part inside.
Cf. P 5693, form a very similar mould, but more elaborately detailed. Character of glaze suggests that both may be plastic lamps.
Context:   Late Roman fill.
Negatives:   Leica
Dimensions:   Max. Dim. 0.07
Material:   Ceramic
Date:   20 May 1936
Section:   Σ
Grid:   Σ:27-31/ΚΘ-Λ
Period:   Roman
Bibliography:   Agora VII, no. 682.
Is Similar To:   Agora:Object:P 5693
References:   Publication: Agora VII
Publication Page: Agora 7, s. 239, p. 223
Card: P 7882