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Description: | Roman oil lamp, found in the hospital at Segedunum Roman Fort. The lack of soot on the lamp suggests it was never used. Although oil lamps are usually rare in northern Britain, two have been found in the hospital. They may have been used because they gave a better quality of light. The doctors, who were frequently Greek, came from a part of the Empire where such lamps were in common use. They may have been used in religious rites, since religion and medicine were closely connected in the Roman world.
Material: pottery | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.britisharchaeology.254327 | Go to resource |
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