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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Central ring handle for suspension with two grooves. Outward-sloping shoulder with a row of closely spaced rays, separated from discus by a circular ridge marked off by an outer groove. Three raised shoulder-lugs, two symmetrically placed on near-median horizontal line, the third at the upper end, opposite nozzle. Two filling-holes, flanking central handle. Protruding rounded nozzle; flat wick area surrounded by a ridge. Between nozzle top and edge of discus is a crude mask(?) surrounded by a semicircular radiated ridge. Flat slightly raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves.

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