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Lamp

Date

1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Unpierced solid vertical handle with one groove. Rounded plain outward-sloping shoulder, separated from flat discus by a ridge and an inward-sloping molding; no square lugs on shoulder, contrary to the norm on Firmalampen. Central filling-hole. Protruding rounded nozzle with semicircular raised wick-hole area; a small circle on each corner of this area; short beveled nozzle neck with narrow and shallow median groove on top, flanked by two small oblique ridges, each ending in a small bead, separating nozzle from shoulder. Flat base marked off by two rings, outer one thicker than inner one.

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