Getty Museum

Lamp

Date

1st century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Homoerotic scene: big-bellied nude bearded man at left having sex with nude lean young partner kneeling at right (coitus a tergo), both to right; the youth is wearing a necklace with what seems to be a bulla. Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on both parts. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VIII b, with closely spaced slanted criss-crossing lines, separated from discus by convex ridge marked off by two grooves. Filling-hole slightly above discus center; remains of iron corrosion. Small air hole in lower part, facing nozzle. Nozzle form Bus. 6; on underside, band of closely spaced rays between two narrow notched grooves. Base marked off by one circular groove. Two-line inscription on base: MMPAXI // M--(?); workshop signature EXOFICINA.C.V.S. inscribed at top of discus.

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