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Lamp

Date

1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Roman

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Erotic scene. Nude man at right lying on bed; woman to left on top of him, her right elbow resting on a cushion, supporting her head; her left outstretched arm touches the man's shoulder. Three or four objects below the bed, a cup and an oenochoë among them. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Solid handle with two grooves on both upper and lower parts. Flat shoulder with a row of small ovolos; rectangular panel on each side; shoulder separated from discus by a circular narrow band marked off by two grooves. Filling-hole in upper field. Air hole facing kite-shaped nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove.

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