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Lamp

Date

1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Description: Moldmade. Circular body and handle have been molded separately. Vertical leaf-shaped ornament handle has five segments with incisions indicating leaves; on back, three parallel grooves, repeated five times, indicating veins, on the sides of two central, parallel incised lines. On top of the discus ring two circular ridges frame a band with two rows of incised dots; large central opening of lamp edged by a lip. Filling-hole below handle in band top of lamp. Three small slit air holes evenly distributed. All around the discus ring are eleven short round-tipped protruding nozzles. Base edged by a ridge marked off by two circular grooves. Lacking any suspension rings, the corona was meant for display on a flat surface.

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