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Lamp

Date

2nd century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Substantial smooth ring handle. Outward-sloping shoulder, separated from flat discus by a ridge; two lugs symmetrically placed below median horizontal axis. Central filling-hole. Protruding rounded nozzle with semicircular raised wick-hole area; slightly longer nozzle neck than 83.AQ.377.438 and 83.AQ.377.439, deep median groove between two flat outward-slanting sides. Flat base marked off by two rings, the outer one thicker than the inner one. Workshop signature in relief capital letters upside down: FORTIS, with a wreath below.

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