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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Two circles of small dots surrounding filling-hole. In lower field, two small dotted circles. Description: Moldmade. Solid vertical round handle with one groove on upper part; lower part ending in a fishtail; four small circles arranged around fishtail. Deep oval body. Convex shoulder with four rows of globules; thin grooved ridge surrounding both discus and nozzle wick-area, which are connected by a channel with curved sides. Big central filling-hole. In upper channel, two incised circles with central dot. Underbody Eph. B. Base-ring marked off by two grooves; inside, six small incised circles arranged in cross-pattern; three similar circles vertically placed underneath the nozzle, above an alpha. At each lower branch of the letter a similar small circle.

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