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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Bust of bearded Serapis to left wearing a calathus, head surrounded by five long rays; scepter behind left shoulder. Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on each part. Flat shoulder with a band of tightly placed raised tongues, separated from discus by a thin herringbone ridge marked off by two circular grooves. Filling-hole in lower left. Air hole at bottom of discus. Heart-shaped nozzle top framed by a herringbone ridge, giving the nozzle an unusual rectangular form; flanking the nozzle, two volute-knobs with a small circle impressed on each. Base surrounded by a narrow band demarcated by two grooves. On the band six pairs of small circles; inside this band, three vertical palm branches hanging from horizontal line: a well-known African workshop mark.

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