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Lamp

Date

1st century B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Biconical body. Shoulder with a row of ovolos alternating with spiral staffs. Wide flat discus, separated from the shoulder by two circular ridges. Central filling-hole surrounded by a thin ring. Long round-tipped nozzle; large near-circular plate surrounding the wick-hole; small S-shaped relief of dolphin on the nozzle neck; the underside has a characteristic bulging form. Slightly raised oval base with mark in low relief, like an X with a long branch.

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