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Date: 2nd century A.D.
Medium: Terracotta
Culture: Roman
Department: Implements
Institution: Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Bust of satyr to left, holding thyrsus and blowing flute; deer skin(?) over shoulder. Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part and one on lower. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a, with laurel wreath, leaves, and berries. Filling-hole in upper left field with portion of corroded iron wick-nail. Air hole facing nozzle. Heart-shaped nozzle; underside with a striated band between two cords. Raised rounded base-ring marked off by two circular grooves. Potter's incuse signature: EXOFI/CINA/KAPITO/NIS, African workshop of Severan times.

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