Lamp (Bottom)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Discus Iconography: Europa on bull (Jupiter) rushing to right.
Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Shoulder with a row of double-ovolos, separated from discus by an outer ridge and an inner narrower one marked off by two grooves. Filling-hole and air hole in lower part of discus. Heart-shaped nozzle; underneath, a band of tongues between two twisted cords. Flat base, demarcated by a band marked off by two grooves with three incised ovo-patterns; two additional inner circles. Signature: PVLL/AENO/RV, African workshop active during Late Antonine and Severan periods.
- Title: Lamp (Bottom)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st–4th century A.D.
- Location Created: North Africa
- Physical Dimensions: 2.6 × 8.2 × 11.5 cm (1 × 3 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Type: Lamp
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Terracotta
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.AQ.377.244
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Implements (Object Genre)
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