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Lamp

Date

1st century B.C.

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with two deep grooves. Biconical body. Shoulder with egg-and-tongue pattern. Raised rounded broad collar, whose interior slopes down toward the discus. Flat sunken discus pierced by three small holes irregularly placed around filling-hole. Beveled nozzle with burn marks, slightly shorter than on similar examples, with a triangular tip and a bulging underside; unclear relief on the flat top of the nozzle (possibly a face). Oval raised flat base.

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