Getty Museum

Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Mercury walking to left, nude except for loin-string and himation folded around his left arm; he wears a round-brimmed petasus, holds a caduceus in his left hand, a purse with three strings in his right. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form III a. Filling-hole in lower field with corroded iron wick-nail fr. Voluted angular-tipped nozzle. Raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves. Planta pedis without letters(?).

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