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Oil Lamp with a Representation of the Port of Alexandria

Date

A.D. 175–230

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: City waterfront seen from a harbor; left to right on first level: house, portico with four columns, arch, building with pediment, possible temple, and small structure; on upper level: three substantial buildings; two fishermen in the foreground, the right one sitting in a boat, in contrast to parallels of this lamp not holding a fishing rod; the left one standing on shore, throwing a net; both wear hats; reefs or jetty made of big stone blocks behind him. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on both upper and lower parts. Flat shoulder, separated from concave discus by a molding, two ridges marked off by three grooves. Filling-hole at left. Air hole in lower field. Volute-nozzle with unexpected blunt, nearly square tip; raised fleur-de-lis on nozzle underside. Base-ring marked off by two narrow rings. Potter's incuse signature PVLLAENI (signed POSSESSORIS).

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