Getty Museum

Lamp

Date

1st–2nd century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Frontal view of Mars looking right, bearded, helmeted, holding a round shield on his left arm and a long spear in his right hand. Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a. Filling-hole lower right with small part of corroded iron wick-nail. Tiny air hole at top of nozzle. Nozzle with simplified shoulder-volutes. Base marked off by one circular groove. Potter's incuse signature: M SV; beneath, small mark: letter X or cross in slight relief.

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