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Lamp

Date

2nd–3rd century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Bust of Serapis to left, wearing modius; scepter at right. Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on both upper and lower parts. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VIII b, with a row of closely spaced ovolos. Shoulder separated from discus by a herringbone ridge between two grooves. Filling-hole in left part, with traces of corrosion from lost iron wick-nail. Small air hole in lower part. Nozzle form Bus. 4a. Base-ring marked off by two circular grooves.

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