Lamp

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Lamp

Creator

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Date
1st–4th century A.D.
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Roman
Department
Implements
Institution
Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Two bare-breasted figures seated side by side, each wearing ample drapery below waist (termentarium); at right Jupiter with drapery over his left arm, holding scepter; at left Juno arranging her veil over her head and shoulders with her right hand. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Deep basin. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a; small dotted circle on each side of handle, three globules in a row above nozzle. Filling-hole slightly below center. Long slit air hole below. Heart-shaped nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove. Incuse planta pedis, no letters but two raised vertical lines and the toes of the foot.

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