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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 grooves. Shoulder with radial fluting. Circular ridge separating the shoulder from the discus. Concave discus with central filling-hole. Medium-length round-tipped slightly upturned nozzle; the nozzle neck has two curved grooves, suggesting two volutes. Raised base-ring.
Details
- Title: Lamp (Main View, 3/4 view from above)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st–4th century A.D.
- Location Created: Asia Minor
- Physical Dimensions: 2.6 × 6.5 × 11.2 cm (1 × 2 9/16 × 4 7/16 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.377.313
- 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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