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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: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ornament handle in the shape of a palmette; one groove on back of handle. Elongated body. Outward-sloping shoulder with tendrils and bunches of grapes; at foot of handle, three globules on the shoulder. Centrally grooved ridge surrounding both discus and nozzle top, leaving a channel with curved sides connecting them. Two grooves surrounding concave central discus area. Central filling-hole. Air hole in upper part of channel. Nozzle with splayed rounded tip. Two slightly raised flat concentric base-rings marked off by three circular grooves; center of base slightly concave.

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