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Lamp

Date

1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Pantheistic female deity with helmet (Minerva?) seated to left, pouring libation on an altar in front of her on top of which is a rising snake; her left arm holds a cornucopia; the field is crammed with various attributes and symbols; counterclockwise, starting behind the goddess's seat: eagle with spread wings (Jupiter), peacock (Juno), a face in a crescent (Luna), another small bird(?), two poppies (Morpheus), thyrsus (Bacchus), caduceus (Mercury), sistrum (Isis), a pair of pincers (Vulcan), and a kithara (Apollo). Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with three grooves, attached to shoulder in one place only. Shoulder: Loeschcke form II a. Filling-hole lower right. Round-tipped volute-nozzle. Base with three raised pelta-shaped motifs in relief, evenly distributed.

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