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Lamp

Date

4th–5th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Globular body with four horizontal lines painted a darker brownish color. Thick ring handle, slightly askew, with thin central ridge on both upper and lower parts. Upper part of basin bears a Greek inscription in relief letters, divided by the nozzle: ΦENIΠACIN / ΦΩCXPICTO (Christ's light shines for all). Thick ridge marked off by two grooves, encircling slightly concave discus. Central filling-hole. Nozzle lower than discus ridge, surrounded by a ridge forming a channel with curved sides. Raised circular rounded base-ring.

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