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Date: 1st century B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with two median grooves and a horizontal cross-band. Biconvex body. Two narrow rectangular side-lugs with wavy lines. Shoulder with garland of six heart-shaped leaves separated from discus by a circular grooved ridge. Slightly concave discus; central filling-hole surrounded by a flat raised band. Medium-length nozzle; flat circular plate around the wick-hole; burn marks. Human head in high relief on nozzle top. Large circular base marked off by one groove.

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