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Lamp

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

Description: Moldmade. Small solid conical handle. Biconvex body. Outward-sloping continuous shoulder with fourteen large globules and a small upside-down vessel filled with fruit or berries facing the wick-hole; shoulder demarcated by an outer narrow ridge and a raised ring surrounding a large lipped filling-hole. Nearly triangular nozzle with curved end flanked by two volutes linked by two slightly curved ridges above wick-hole; underside marked by a V-shaped relief line joining upper ends of volutes. Flat slightly raised circular base.

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