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Lamp

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Date: 3rd–2nd century B.C.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Greek
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Cylindrical body. Narrow rounded rim. Unpierced lug at left side. Depressed flat-bottomed discus pierced by three holes to drain spilled oil. Large filling-hole surrounded by a beveled sloping ridge. Stout tapering nozzle, flattened on top, with rounded tip and large oval wick-hole. Raised flat circular base marked off by a deep groove.

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