Vases Lamp
Lamp

Lamp

1st–4th century A.D.
Discus Iconography: Majestic bare-chested, bearded figure, standing frontal, looking left, himation wrapped around his waist and over his left shoulder; he is holding a cylindrical object (a scroll[?]) over a lit altar.

Description: Moldmade. Ring handle with two grooves on upper part. Shoulder: Loeschcke form VII a, with knotted laurel-wreath decor. Filling-hole with iron corrosion in lower left field. Air hole in lower field, opposite nozzle. Heart-shaped nozzle. Slightly raised rounded base-ring marked off by two circular grooves, an additional thinner ridge, and an inner wider band.
Date
1st–4th century A.D.
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
H: 2.50 cm D: 7.60 cm
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum
Accession Number
83.AQ.377.216
Image Source
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Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)