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Lot # 405
Roman handle of a lead lamp holder, inscribed with the producer's name: L VALERIVS APO(...). Circa 1st - 2nd centuries AD. Cf. G. Baratta, "Porta-lucerne in piombo: considerazioni sulla classe di materiale alla luce degli esemplari iscritti", in G. Baratta (ed.), Instrumenta inscripta VIII. Plumbum litteratum. Studia epigraphica Giovanni Mennella oblata (Armariolum 3), Rome 2021, pp. 261-276. (7.0 x 1.7 cm). Originally ring-shaped, later unfolded, resulting in the break of the central section.