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Lamp

Date

1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta with green glaze

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Four incised leaves symmetrically placed in cross-shape. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with three grooves on upper part. Shoulder separated from discus by a molding consisting of one ridge and three inner descending grooves; voluted ear handles on opposite sides of shoulder, each ending in two short descending ridges on the side of the lamp. Central filling-hole. Heart-shaped nozzle. Slightly raised base marked off by one circular groove. Potter's incuse signature in small capital letters: AVFIFRON, African workshop active mid-second century A.D.

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