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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. Ring handle with three grooves on upper part, one on lower. Outward-sloping shoulder, separated from discus by a circular ridge marked off by one groove on exterior side. Concave discus with one or possibly two slightly raised bands. Central filling-hole. Small air hole in lower field. Round-tipped nozzle flanked by two widely spreading volutes, each with six notches; raised nozzle top with burn marks. Between the volutes are two raised lines. Base-ring. Potter's mark in relief: four round cavities arranged in cross form.

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