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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Solid vertical conical handle. Flat plain shoulder, separated from discus by a ridge marked off by two deep grooves; three incised dots on ridge at foot of handle. Slightly concave discus. Two filling-holes of equal size on vertical axis of discus. Short tapering round-tipped nozzle flanked by two curved grooves; on flat nozzle top just above wick-hole, four curved lines and one short straight line, possibly suggesting a plant(?). Raised rounded base-ring.

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