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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Two gladiators, Samnite and hoplomachus, in combat to right, each with double-plumed helmet, greaves, and rectangular shield; sword-arm bound for protection (manica); victor standing at left, his adversary kneeling at ground. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a. Filling-hole lower left. Large heart-shaped nozzle tangent to shoulder (nozzle form Cn. A1, in BM III, p. 330, fig. 160). Base marked off by one circular groove. Potter's incuse signature: ROMANH/S IS (both sigmas retrograde); small circle in lower part.

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