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Lamp

Date

1st–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Two gladiators in combat; Samnite at left behind a large rectangular shield, wearing a crested helmet but no greaves, his sword arm protected by binding (manica); his adversary, a hoplomachus, behind a smaller rectangular shield, is also wearing crested helmet, greaves, and protective binding on sword arm. Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII b; square panel on each shoulder. Filling-hole slightly above center. Small air hole in discus, facing nozzle. Nozzle form Bus. 4h. Base-ring marked off by two circular grooves. Potter's incuse signature L.MVNPHILE, Italic workshop, possibly with African branches, active in the Late Flavian to Hadrianic period.

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