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Lamp

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

Discus Iconography: Frog in pronounced relief, head facing nozzle. Description: Moldmade. Raised rounded edge surrounding the circular top of the lamp. Inward-sloping shoulder with a row of ovolos between one exterior ridge and three interior thin descending ridges. Flat-bottomed discus with a large filling-hole and a small air hole surrounded by inner row of small ovolos. V-shaped channel between discus and nozzle. Splayed volute-nozzle curved at tip with prominent volute-spines. Raised base-ring enclosing Potter's mark: ΠΥ.

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