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Lamp

Date

2nd century A.D.

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Globular body with three evenly spaced rounded substantial side-knobs; each knob has a small central indentation and is surrounded by three circular grooves. The shoulder has seven small incised circles with a central dot on the front left part, six on the front right part, nine on the rear left part, and eight on the rear right part. The lower part of the basin shows similar dotted circles: seven on the front left part, six on the front right part, nine on the left rear part, and nine on the right rear part. Sunken lipped discus pierced by eight small filling-holes. Central tall knob with small ring attached (for suspension or carrying); polished circle on top of knob. Nozzle with nearly pentagonal edged tip; on it, a small mouse, its forelegs resting on the wick-hole area. Small air hole behind mouse. Concave base with circular ridge, forming a foot; inside the concavity are two thin circular grooves close to the ridge; two further circular grooves midway toward center; raised circle surrounds central grooved dotted button.

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