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Lamp

Date

2nd–3rd century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Two frolicking animals, probably hares, with long straight ears tilted backward; the larger animal is on a vertical axis, facing nozzle, legs to left; the smaller one is in the opposite direction at left. Description: Moldmade. Solid vertical handle with two grooves on both upper and lower parts. Shoulder: near Loeschcke VIII b, with angular lines forming coupled triangles. Retrograde molded inscription all around outer part of discus; clockwise from smaller animal: Q V I N T V S I V S P I C T O R E T C E N E N S, interpreted as: QUINTVS IVS[TVS] PICTOR ET CEMENS (Quintus Ivstvs, designer and lampmaker). Filling-hole to right of center with iron corrosion from wick-nail. Round-tipped nozzle, possibly heart-shaped. Blurred base-ring marked off by two grooves.

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