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Lamp

Date

3rd century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with one groove on upper part. Flat shoulder marked off by two grooves with a row of connected X-patterns; ridge surrounding both discus and nozzle top, leaving a short narrow "strangled" channel between them. Slightly concave discus surrounded by an additional inner ridge interrupted at channel. Filling-hole in upper field with remains of corroded iron wick-nail. Air hole in lower field. Short round-tipped nozzle surrounded by a raised edge. Slightly raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves.

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