FORVM`s Classical Numismatics Discussion Board
Antiquities Discussion Forums => Oil Lamps => Topic started by: Mario T on December 10, 2021, 10:38:04 am
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Good morning. I am looking for more information on this oil lamp, identified only generically, with a strange figure. At the bottom there are signs,
perhaps an inscription. Thanks for any suggestions
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The cursive inscription on the base of your lamp reads MAVRICI (on two lines) for Mauricius, a lampmaker based in North Africa during the second half of the 2nd to early 3rd centuries AD.
Another lamp by this maker is shown here:
http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/database/lamp.php?82 (http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/database/lamp.php?82)
Without attributes, I'm hesitant to identify the male profile bust depicted on the discus but Neptune is a possibility.
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Many thanks, i agree that the profile can be identified with Neptune