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Lamp

Date

2nd–3rd century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Man wearing tunic, mantle, and pointed cap rushing to left, looking back at an angry bear ready to strike him with its claws; the man is holding a round object (a purse[?]). Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on both upper and lower parts. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a, with vine-leaves alternating with grapes in pronounced relief. Filling-hole and tiny air hole in lower field. Heart-shaped nozzle, Bus. 10c. Base-ring marked off by two circular grooves; an additional inner groove. Potter's incuse signature: CHELIAN, African workshop active A.D. 175 - 225.

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