FRAGMENT OF GYPSUM XP LAMP MOULD

FRAGMENT OF GYPSUM XP LAMP MOULD

Male mould for upperpart of a North African oillamp with a central relief of a XP monogram, a Christogram, as the symbol of Christ being the two first Greek letters of his name; around, a band of alternating appliques of concentric circles and palm leaves

Ex coll. Rudolf Rack, Bad Neuheim 1950- 2010. Gorny & Mosch Auktion 296, München 2023, lot 102. Typus Hayes II.
L. 16,5 x 12 x 3,5 cm

North Africa, 4th-5th cent. AD

Cf. for lamp H. Menzel, Antike Lampen, Mainz 1969, Nr. 606, Abb. 77,11