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Lamp (Bottom)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Discus Iconography: Plain discus.
Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with one groove. Biconical body. Broad shoulder with outer twisted wide cord and inner narrower cord; row of ovolos alternating with small tongues. Small discus surrounded by a raised ring-shaped collar and pierced by a large filling-hole. Long beveled nozzle with triangular tip; the space between nozzle tip and discus has two curved grooves ending in curled volutes on each side of the shoulder; between them, three vertical grooves. Raised oval base.
Type: Broneer XIX; Howland 49; Bruneau VII lampes dites d'Ephèse group V
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Details
- Title: Lamp (Bottom)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 2nd century B.C.
- Location Created: Central Anatolia, Anatolia
- Physical Dimensions: 3.6 × 5.6 × 11 cm (1 7/16 × 2 3/16 × 4 5/16 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.377.350
- Culture: Greek
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Implements (Object Genre)
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