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Lamp

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

Discus Iconography: Winged head of Medusa, snakes tied under her chin. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on both parts; lower part ends in a fishtail. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a, decorated with vine-leaves alternating with grapes, in pronounced relief. Filling-hole at left edge of discus. Small air hole in front of nozzle. Heart-shaped nozzle, Bus. form 10c; underneath, striated band between two curved corded lines. Large base with a circular band marked off by one external and two internal circular grooves; within this band, three evenly spaced ovo-patterns: common on African lamps dated A.D. 170 - 230.

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