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Lamp (3/4 view from above)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Discus Iconography: Plain discus.
Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a. Concave discus. Filling-hole slightly on the right above center. Nozzle form Bus. 4a. Base marked off by one circular groove. Potter's incuse signature: MNOVIVSTI, African workshop active A.D. 120 - 180.
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Details
- Title: Lamp (3/4 view from above)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 2nd–3rd century A.D.
- Location Created: El Djem, Tunisia
- Physical Dimensions: 12.2 × 4.9 × 8.9 cm (4 13/16 × 1 15/16 × 3 1/2 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.391.7
- Culture: Roman
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Robert L. Lawson
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Implements (Object Genre)
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