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Lamp

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

Description: Moldmade. Vertical plain suspension ring on top of lamp. Deep body in the shape of a pinecone; upper and lower parts of basin entirely covered by scales conventionally represented as globules. Filling-hole behind the handle. Typologically speaking, this lamp belongs to Loeschcke type X-Kurzform, Firmalampen with short nozzle (see 83.AQ.377.152). This suspension lamp has no flat base.

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