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Lamp (Main View, 3/4 view from above)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Discus Iconography: Plain discus.
Description: Moldmade. Ribbon handle with two median grooves and a horizontal cross-band. Biconvex body. Two narrow rectangular side-lugs with wavy lines. Shoulder with garland of six heart-shaped leaves separated from discus by a circular grooved ridge. Slightly concave discus; central filling-hole surrounded by a flat raised band. Medium-length nozzle; flat circular plate around the wick-hole; burn marks. Human head in high relief on nozzle top. Large circular base marked off by one groove.
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Details
- Title: Lamp (Main View, 3/4 view from above)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st century B.C.
- Location Created: Central Anatolia, Anatolia
- Physical Dimensions: 2.8 × 7 × 10.4 cm (1 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 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.377.361
- 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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