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

Discus Iconography: Hippocamp, mythical sea monster to left with a lion's head, forequarters with claws, and a fishtail. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two blurred grooves. Deep body. Narrow flat shoulder with two rows of impressed dots. Filling-hole near center of discus. Air hole on its lower edge. Heart-shaped nozzle, Bus. 10b. Base-ring marked off by two circular grooves.

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