roman oil lamp with erotic motif pompeii style Dungeons en Dragons and can now be seen

and can now be seen at the Statens historika museum in Oslo

A spacious

comes from Crimea and dates from the 4th-5th centuries

Armets of this kind were highly popular amongst the European aristocracy and were employed in Italy

roman oil lamp with erotic motif pompeii style Dungeons en Dragons and can now be seenThis replica of a Roman oil lamp depicts a loving couple on a couch in relief an image motif created in the 1st 2nd century AD. appeared throughout the Empire on so called 'Bildlampen'. A similar piece has been published by the British Museum (inv. 1971,0426. 3). Contrary to popular assumption, these types of motifs were not brothel specific objects: they also occurred in ordinary houses and taverns, and as gift objects. This lamp is intended solely