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Lamp

Date

2nd–1st century B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Biconvex body. Two conical side-lugs, each with a heart-shaped leaf. Shoulder decorated with a row of ovolos. Large raised flat-topped ring marked off by an inner circular groove separating the shoulder from the depressed discus. Lipped central filling-hole. Long round-tipped nozzle; large nearly circular plate surrounding the wick-hole; bearded mask in high relief on the nozzle neck; bulging underside of nozzle. Raised base-ring marked off by thin inner groove; concave center with further ring with central knob.

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