Description

The lamp shows the typical face of a Silenus with a shaggy beard and a pinched nose. The Silenus refers to an aging satyr, who is handed down in ancient mythology as a nature-loving hybrid of a human and a horse or goat. The bald forehead is decorated with an ivy wreath and the filling opening for the oil is decorated with a rosette. On the underside of the lamp there is a stamp consisting of three small concentric circles arranged as a triangle.

This type of lamp is exceptionally rare. To date, only a few dozen copies have been found. Most of these lamps come from the Trier area, so it is likely that they were manufactured in a Trier workshop.