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Lamp

Date

1st century B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with two grooves. Biconical body with raised collar. Flat sunken discus with sides rising toward the central filling-hole; it is pierced by three small rectangular holes placed in triangle around the filling-hole. Beveled nozzle with flat top and triangular tip. Blurred base-ring with incised Greek inscription: ΦΩC/ΑΓΑ/ΘΟΝ (good light).

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