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Lamp

Date

perhaps second half of 2nd century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Ship with a ram under its prow, moving to right, sail hoisted; six oars and side rudder are indicated; stern has the standard swan's-head ornament. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on both upper and lower parts. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a, with knotted laurel-wreath decor. Filling-hole slightly to right of center. Air hole in lower field. Heart-shaped nozzle with burn marks; underneath, a row of tongues between two twisted cords. Raised base-ring; at midwidth of the base, a circular ridge marked off by two grooves.

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