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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Apollo, with sun rays crowning his head, driving a quadriga to left; his right extended arm is showing direction, his left hand holding a whip; he is wearing a belted, pleated tunic and a mantle floating behind. Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on both upper and lower parts. Shoulder with scroll of vine-leaves and grapes, separated from discus by a raised ridge marked off by two outside grooves and one inside. Filling-hole slightly above center. Small air hole on edge of discus above nozzle. Heart-shaped nozzle; underneath, a band with tongues between two twisted cords. Base delimited by a band marked off by one exterior groove and two inner ones; within the band three evenly spaced ovo-patterns. Potter's incuse signature: CPOMPO, Italic workshop active end of second century A.D.

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