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This is a fragment of a clay handle of a delta ceramic oil lamp; the loop handle is preserved. The fragment shows a bust of Serapis wearing a polis. From Egypt. Roman Period, 30 BCE to 641 CE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London...

Roman oil lamp with erotic motif, 1st - 3rd century CE. (Altes Museum, Berlin)

Olive oil amphora from Africa and found at Ostia. 3rd century CE. Museo delle Navi Romane di Fiumicino. (National Maritime Museum, Sydney Australia) This amphora is stamped with its place of manufacture; Sullechtum in the Roman province...

Terracotta oil lamp from Cyprus, the first half of the 1st century CE. The discus has an engraved image of a rhinoceros tossing a large cat with its horn. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

This Roman oil lamp of unclear provenance was made in the 1st Century CE. It portrays an Aethiopian slave, with barbarians like Africans and Celts being popular motifs in Roman art. The lamp has also been suggested to have erotic connotations...

Terracotta oil lamp depicting a gladiatorial scene of saluting or requesting missio (raising two fingers in surrender), first half of 1st century CE. (on display in the Colosseum, Rome)

A ceramic oil lamp from the Silla kingdom of ancient Korea. 5-6th century CE. (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA)

Oil lamp in the form of a wine barrel found in Cologne (Germany), Roman Empire. (Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne)

Bronze seal mentioning the name, in Latin and in Greek letters, of Coelia Mascellina, daughter of Cnaeus, a female importer of oil and wine from Spain, 2nd CE. Museo Nazionale Romano, Roma, Italy.

This image of a young warrior cutting his hair before battle may reflect a scene in Seven against Thebes, a tragedy by Aeschylus. The seven heroes knew that only one of them would survive battle. Each cut a lock of his hair and tied it to...