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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Flat shoulder with short crossed lines making X-pattern, separated from the slightly concave discus by two ridges, the inner one smaller, both surrounding discus and nozzle top, leaving a broad channel connecting discus to wick-hole area. Central filling-hole. Facing the channel, air hole with traces of iron corrosion from wick-nail. Short round-tipped nozzle surrounded by a raised edge. Raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves; an additional narrow inner one; two small concentric grooves in center.

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