Lamp

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Lamp

Creator

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Date
1st–4th century A.D.
Medium
Terracotta
Culture
Roman
Department
Implements
Institution
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Discus Iconography: Lit altar flanked by two trees on which two snakes climb, their bodies twisted around the trunks. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII b. Filling-hole lower right. Round-tipped volute-nozzle. Air hole at top of nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove. Workshop mark: possibly an incised I.

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