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

Discus Iconography: Europa on bull (Jupiter) rushing to right. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Shoulder with a row of double-ovolos, separated from discus by an outer ridge and an inner narrower one marked off by two grooves. Filling-hole and air hole in lower part of discus. Heart-shaped nozzle; underneath, a band of tongues between two twisted cords. Flat base, demarcated by a band marked off by two grooves with three incised ovo-patterns; two additional inner circles. Signature: PVLL/AENO/RV, African workshop active during Late Antonine and Severan periods.

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