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Lamp (3/4 view from above at profile)

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Discus Iconography: Plain discus.

Description: Two-nozzled suspension lamp. Low body with vertical sides. No shoulder. Slightly sunken flat circular discus surrounded by a ridge. Large filling-hole without rim. Two long single-volute nozzles with spade-shaped tips; volutes have faintly incised circles on top and are joined on the underside by a slight ridge, hardly pronounced in its middle part; file marks on one nozzle underside. Each nozzle is topped with a ring in the elegant shape of a swan's head and neck, each with a ring attached; each ring is in turn attached to a chain; both chains are attached to a rectangular bronze plate (tabula ansata), whose short sides have swallow-tail cuttings and a movable vertical bronze rod, linked to a plate with a hook for hanging; one chain is repaired with links of a different size, all probably ancient. Raised straight base; interior slightly sunken within broad flat standing-ring.

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  • Title: Lamp (3/4 view from above at profile)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1st–4th century A.D.
  • Location Created: Asia Minor
  • Physical Dimensions: 3.5 × 7.5 × 20.7 cm (1 3/8 × 2 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
  • Type: Lamp
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 83.AQ.377.531
  • 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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