Lamp (3/4 from above A)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Discus Iconography: Monogrammatic Greek cross with rho turned right. Alpha and omega above the transverse bars of the cross; lamb at foot of the cross; above its hindquarters, a star or sun with six rays.
Description: Moldmade. Vertical round solid handle with two grooves on upper part; lower part ending in a fishtail. Narrow outward-sloping shoulder with a continuous row of globules, separated from discus by two grooves. Large flat-bottomed discus. Slightly protruding heart-shaped nozzle with a raised wick-area and an unclear relief between it and shoulder. Underbody Eph. B. Large incuse plain planta pedis.
- Title: Lamp (3/4 from above A)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 500–600
- Location Created: Asia Minor
- Physical Dimensions: 2.5 × 7.8 × 10 cm (1 × 3 1/16 × 3 15/16 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.377.272
- 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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