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Lamp

Date

1st century A.D.

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Two-nozzled suspension lamp. Central filling-hole has a sunken lip for the missing lid. Flat raised edge surrounding both central part and nozzles. On plain top of body, two suspension rings in the form of neck and head of swans; a section of braided chain fastened to each neck. Semicircular nozzles with spade-shaped ends; vertical side of nozzle tip divided by a horizontal groove into two parts, each with slanted notches. Base has a raised foot with slightly convex profile; the bottom consists of a flat outer ring, two small inner rings, and a further flat sunken band; two small concentric disks in the middle.

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