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Lamp

Date

2nd century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with deep central groove between two thinner grooves on upper part, median groove only on lower part. Long rectangular body edged by two ridges; two shorter sides end in a triangle with double-pointed tip; inner triangular area decorated with palmette; five lamp sections regularly spaced within this frame; each section has a domed area, the outside of which shows a rosette ring with pointed petals; three lamp sections--the central one and two exterior ones--have no pierced filling-holes. All sections have a raised ring around filling-hole, whether pierced or not. Medium-sized nozzles protruding; their top areas decorated with three parallel longitudinal ridges. Rectangular base with long sunken area.

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