Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with a Rhinoceros Image (Illustration)

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 23 January 2018

Roman Terracotta Oil Lamp with a Rhinoceros Image — 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.

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