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Lamp (Bottom)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Discus Iconography: Bust of young man to right: Antinous with long curly hair, wearing a tunic that leaves his right shoulder and arm bare.
Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Flat shoulder with a row of double ovolos, separated from discus by a ridge and two inner circles. Filling-hole on right side; traces of corroded iron wick-nail. Heart-shaped nozzle with burn marks. Slightly raised base marked off by one circular groove. In center, plain planta pedis.
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Details
- Title: Lamp (Bottom)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st–4th century A.D.
- Location Created: South Anatolia, Anatolia
- Physical Dimensions: 2.7 × 7.3 × 9.2 cm (1 1/16 × 2 7/8 × 3 5/8 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.377.189
- 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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