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

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Triangular ornament handle in the shape of a human head, two median ridges on back, bending outward at bottom. Oval elongated body. Two ribbed leaves in relief on each shoulder and one between discus and nozzle. Small concave discus surrounded by a ridge between two grooves. Central filling-hole. Nozzle with rounded tip and flat plate surrounding wick-hole. Incised lines underneath nozzle. Tear-shaped raised base-ring. Plain planta pedis.

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