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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

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Wheelmade. Handle ornament in the shape of a triangular leaf; no ring behind. Carination at low point of body. Curved band of clay added on each side of lamp top before firing. Sunken area around filling-hole. Applied short nearly tubular nozzle with a large oval wick-hole. Raised unglazed base with string marks.

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