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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part and one on lower. Deep body in unusual delta-shape with sloping sides, except the back, which is sharply vertical. Shoulder decorated with a continuous row of ovolos; two thin grooves separate this motif from the two angular top sides of the lamp. Concave discus separated from shoulder by a ridge marked off by two thin grooves. Central filling-hole. Air hole in lower field. Heart-shaped nozzle. Circular base marked off by one circular groove; central depression, often found on lamps from Ephesus, according to Bailey.

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