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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. Pierced vertical ring handle with two smudged grooves on upper part, one on lower. Slightly oval body. Flat shoulder with a row of connected spirals, separated from discus by an outer ridge surrounding both discus and nozzle top, leaving a wide channel between them. Central filling-hole with corroded iron wick-nail. Air hole in front of channel entrance. Raised flat base-ring.

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