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Lamp (Top)
Unknown
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Description: Flat ornament handle in the shape of a heart-shaped plain leaf (no ring behind); most probably there was a now-missing bead at the top of the leaf. Globular basin. Large filling-hole. Triangular-tipped volute-nozzle with flat top, beveled sides, and no knobs; heavy proportions. Slightly concave bottom. Three retrograde incised letters on base: P O I.
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Details
- Title: Lamp (Top)
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1st–2nd century A.D.
- Location Created: Lower Rhineland, Germany
- Physical Dimensions: 2.8 × 1.8 × 5.9 cm (1 1/8 × 11/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
- Type: Lamp
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Bronze
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.AQ.377.500
- 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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