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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. Ornament handle in the shape of a two-lobed bud, large ring handle below. At foot of handle two unpierced, nonfunctional lid hinges. Narrow wavy lug on each side of body. Rounded peripheral ridge, separated from the discus by a wide groove. Deep cylindrical body. Thin circular groove divides flat discus into two parts. Central filling-hole. Slit air hole on right side of discus. Long protruding round-tipped nozzle flanked by volutes with prominent knobs. Raised base-ring.

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