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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Separately cast elaborate ornament handle with post - casting incisions; at the end of the curved handle, a panther's head surrounded by a leaf collar; handle and head cast in one piece; handle decorated in two parts, separated by a horizontal band half way; leaf-shaped lower part of handle is soldered to upper body of lamp; upper part of handle ends in a leaf-pattern behind attachment to the collar, which consists of five spreading acanthus leaves behind the panther's head; two rings between head and collar: front one decorated with a twisted cord, back one with a series of ovolos. Circular body with straight vertical sides, curving in toward raised foot. Large flat discus surrounded by upper part of body wall forming a raised rim; midway between rim and center, two thin incised circles. Central filling-hole surrounded by raised rim and inner lower beveling for now-lost lid. Long nozzle with spade-shaped tip; on its flat top is a groove from discus rim to wick-hole; small hole pierced through the rim to allow spilled oil to drain to wick-hole. Base consisting of outer raised band with median groove; inside, slightly sunken area; midway toward center, a narrow flat ring marked off by one exterior groove; central sunken dot.

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