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Lamp (Main View, 3/4 view from above)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Description: Moldmade. Circular biconical body. Top surmounted by a conical dome pierced by a large central filling-hole surrounded by one groove. Between dome and rim of lamp, flat shoulder with Greek inscription in relief capital letters; clockwise from wick-hole: ΕΥΛΟΓΙΑΤΗCΘΕΟΤΟΚYΜΗ[ . . . . ] ΙΓΡΑΜΑ. No defined nozzle, merely a wick-hole on the discus close to the rim opposite the stump handle. Ridge surrounding a flat circular base.
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Details
- Title: Lamp (Main View, 3/4 view from above)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 7th–8th century
- Location Created: Asia Minor
- Physical Dimensions: 3.1 × 8.5 × 8.5 cm (1 1/4 × 3 3/8 × 3 3/8 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.377.326
- Culture: Palestinian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California
- Creator Display Name: Unknown
- Classification: Implements (Object Genre)
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