Lamp
1st–4th century A.D.
Discus Iconography: Amphitheater scene: lion in profile to left attacking nude unarmed person fallen to the ground.
Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form III a var. Filling-hole between animal and human. Air hole on nozzle top. Voluted angular-tipped nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove. Illegible planta pedis.
Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form III a var. Filling-hole between animal and human. Air hole on nozzle top. Voluted angular-tipped nozzle. Base marked off by one circular groove. Illegible planta pedis.
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)