Oil Lamp with Shell Decor

Description Roman artifacts, such as this simple, inexpensive, terracotta oil lamp, are commonly found in excavations. They were even found in the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium), through which ran the northern boundary of the Roman Empire.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters