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	Reference: RIW1 / Cat. No. Period: Roman Origin: Central Italy, probably Rome area Date: 90 – 140 AD Description: 'Bird head' lamp (Vogelkopflampe). Transverse handle. Base marked BASSA Bassus, a recorded maker in central Italy. Manufacture: Mould made. Condition: Hole in base, mould join cracked at nozzle. Notes: Cf. BMC II, Q1156; (type) Bailey, 9c; Mlasowsky, 426; Wetzel, 14; Walters, 500-2; BMC III, Q1157 bis. Dressel Type 22. Associated with a Warzenlampe bearing label: 'regalo di / Adele Martinelli 1893 / lucerna antica'. Comments: The generic term 'bird head' applied to this type of lamp refers to a common decoration on earlier examples, not to the shape.
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