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Date: 1st–4th century A.D.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Roman
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Winged Cupid seated at the helm of a boat sailing to right, steering with a long oar; swollen sail; waves indicated by curved dotted lines. Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a, with knotted laurel-wreath decor. Nearly central filling-hole with corrosion from an iron wick-nail. Small air hole in lower field. Heart-shaped nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove. Potter's incuse signature: AVGENDI, African workshop active A.D. 175 - 225.

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