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Oil lamp
2nd century
Archaeological museum of ancient Messene
Burial monument 2, Arcadic gate, ancient Messene.
Height: 2.5 cm
ceramic single-nozzle oil lamp with one vertical handle. An erotic scene on the disc, with a man and a woman on an elaborately decorated day bed. A partially preserved inscription at the underside. Found in the roman burial monument 2, next to the Arcadic gate of ancient Messene. Four pits inside the monument contained the remains of infant cremations, accompanied by a large number of burned vessels, among them cups, mugs, incense burners and Corinthian type oil lambs of the 2nd cent. CE, with pictorial scenes.