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Home > Antiquities > Lamps > Late Roman / Byzantine Click images to enlarge Reference: LRB206 Roman lamp with portrait bust Period: Late Roman Origin: North Africa Date: 450 - 500 AD North African Red Slipware lamp fragment, the shoulder depicting extremely rare portrait bust. The discus showing part of nude figure holding a bunch of grapes (see Dejean, L93 for complete discus motif). Size: Length 8.0 cm (3?") Condition: Fragment only Price: Sorry, this item has been sold. Notes: Hayes Type IIa. Comments: The portrait bust may represent Aelia Eudocia, wife of Theodosius II, the Byzantine emperor whose coins were used as moulds for other lamps of this type (see BMC III, Q1766). Provenance: Ex Woolley & Wallis, 2018, lot 43. Ex George and Florangel Lambor collection, Hove, East Sussex. George Lambor (1927-1997) was a passionate antiquarian and founded the Antiquities Dealers Association in 1981. * Transactions are conducted in British pounds. Prices shown in brackets are approximate currency conversions for guidance only and may differ from the actual conversion used in a transaction.

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