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Lamp

Date

4th century B.C.–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Mask: knit eyebrows and slanted eyes; hair surrounding top of head; large mouth with typical striated band around it, suggesting beard; mouth not open, only pierced by three small filling-holes. Description: Moldmade. Three-nozzled lamp in the shape of a theater mask with three evenly spaced suspension rings, one on the handle, two at the corners of the mouth of the mask. Small leaf-shaped handle. Round-tipped nozzles flanked by volutes. Slightly raised wick-hole areas, each surrounded by a thin ridge and curved lines, which may suggest a heart-shaped nozzle form. Raised base-ring with three inner rings.

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