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Lamp

Date

A.D. 175–230

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Cityscape with harbor, presumably Carthage; in the background, a series of monuments, from left to right: gate, portico with three columns and architrave, and three round-roofed buildings; behind, on a higher level, a big dome in the center, possibly with three trees at left and two columns at right; foreground: wide long bridge with seven arches, monumental arched entrance gate at left; a man crossing the bridge on a cart drawn by a donkey or mule, his extended right arm either whipping the animal or holding the reins. Two ducks swim in the water. Description: Moldmade. Shoulder separated from concave discus by a molding consisting of a flat band marked off by an outer groove and an inner ridge defined by two grooves. Filling-hole slightly left of center. Air hole in lower field with traces of iron corrosion. Double-volute nozzle with angular tip; on its top between volutes, triangular stepped design (tip downward), possibly representing a building; raised fleur-de-lis motif incised on nozzle underside. Raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves.

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