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Lamp (Bottom)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Discus Iconography: Raised zigzag design.
Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VIII b, with laurel wreath. Inward-sloping wall of discus. Central boss pierced by filling-hole. Big air hole close to it at right. Heart-shaped nozzle. Inscription in relief letters on sides of basin: EXOFICINA RO(-)YTI; letter before last I is a capital T upside-down; missing letter may be a C. Raised base-ring.
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Details
- Title: Lamp (Bottom)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st–4th century A.D.
- Location Created: North Africa
- Physical Dimensions: 2.6 × 7.7 × 10.5 cm (1 × 3 1/16 × 4 1/8 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.377.278
- 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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