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Lamp

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Date: 5th century A.D.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Roman
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Male face with knit eyebrows, flat nose, and moustache: Bes with an angry expression. Description: Moldmade. Biconvex lamp; pear-shaped deep body with sloping sides. Filling-hole in open mouth of Bes. Round-tipped nozzle, not distinctly set off from basin, separated from top by a curved groove. Poorly defined base.

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