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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Crouching lion in pronounced relief to left, head turned to right; the lion's tail and paws spill onto shoulder of lamp. Description: Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Rounded shoulder with three felines running. Starting from the handle: two felines running clockwise followed by a third running counterclockwise. Discus surrounded by a circular groove. Two equal-sized holes on discus. Round-tipped nozzle flanked by two plain spreading volutes in faint relief. Raised convex base-ring with two inner circular ridges; small central dotted circle in relief.

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