'The Ousden' Roman Iron Hanging Oil Lamp
1st-4th century A.D. With an oval-shaped body and D-shaped nozzle, integral plate to rear with rectangular-section arm and pierced sub-circular terminal arching over the bowl; rare. Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1862,0719.1, for a very similar lamp; cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. BH-706431 and BH-84CCFA, for comparable examples. Cf. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme, record id. SF-F6A5CC, for this item. 165 grams, 98 mm (3 7/8 in.). Found whilst searching with a metal detector in 2021 near Ousden, St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk, UK.Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report number SF-F6A5CC.