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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Syrian

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Description: Moldmade. Handle ornament in the shape of a human, probably female, head with elaborate hairdo, including locks at back. Elongated body. Distinct, raised ridge between upper and lower parts of lamp. Shoulder: band with a row of four small curved and striated motifs alternating with two small beads. Ridge surrounding both the large central filling-hole and the nozzle top, leaving a nearly straight channel connecting them; four small beads vertically arranged in the channel. Nozzle with rounded tip. Blurred raised base-ring; between it and handle, three parallel vertical lines.

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