Oil lamp
This is the only complete Roman oil lamp known to have been found in Exeter. It is most likely to have been part of a burial, as it is complete and was discovered outside the walls of the Roman town.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- A262
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Gill, HS, Mr
- Material
- pottery
- Common Name
- oil lamp
- Simple Name
- lamp
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
- Production Year Low
- 75
- Production Year High
- 199
