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Lamp
Creator
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- 800–600 B.C.
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- Sardinian
- Department
- Implements
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Description: Thick-walled lamp in the shape of an oval boat; originally there were four birds on the rim; at the prow, a stylized head of a horned animal (bull or deer[?] with a long snout), an early feature. The stern ends in a flat square projection, where a wick may have rested. Flat oval base.
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