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Lamp

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Date: 1st–4th century A.D.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Roman
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Outline of small lamp of Loeschcke type I with crescent-ornament handle; this decoration flanked by two symmetrical curved lines, each ending with a globule. See also 83.AQ.377.50 and 83.AQ.377.69. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves. Shoulder: Loeschcke form IV a. Central filling-hole. Small V-shaped channel between discus and wick-hole. Angular-tipped nozzle flanked by shoulder-volutes without spines, as on Loeschcke type V. Base marked off by one circular groove.

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