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Lamp

Date

5th century B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Rosette composed of six rounded petals. Description: Moldmade. Solid vertical round handle with two worn grooves on upper part; lower part ending in a fishtail. Deep body with outward-sloping sides. Striated shoulder, separated from discus by a circular ridge. Flat-bottomed discus. Filling-hole in each petal of the rosette; a seventh equal-sized hole in the center. Slightly upturned rounded nozzle with a band of five long tongues on top. Underbody Eph. B. Large incuse plain planta pedis.

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