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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Discus divided into two distinct areas separated by a circular ridge marked off by two grooves; inner area decorated with scalloped shell segments with bead between ends of each segment; outer area sloping upward, decorated with three evenly spaced similar theater masks. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Flat shoulder, separated from discus by a circular ridge marked off by two grooves; two small circles flank handle, two are at handle base, and three at nozzle. Filling-hole in center of scallop shell. Slit air hole facing the rather small heart-shaped nozzle, Bus. 10a. Large flat base marked off by two close circular grooves. Incuse plain planta pedis.

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