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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Circus scene with victorious quadriga to left slowly parading beside spina; charioteer holding reins in left hand, victory crown in his right; behind him the following items (left to right): stand of lap-counting dolphins supported by spiral-fluted column, three vertical rows of beads (spectators' heads[?]), probably column with statue of Victory, and a big palm leaf. Description: Moldmade. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a, with external row of beads. Another row of similar beads encircles discus, with an additional half-circle of beads at bottom of discus. Filling-hole in lower field. Round-tipped volute-nozzle with burn marks. Blurred base-ring.

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