Lamp
1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.
Discus Iconography: Rosette of twenty-three petals.
Description: Moldmade. Crescent ornament handle with incised crescent within, ring behind. Flat shoulder: Loeschcke form III a var.(?). Deep inward-sloping discus divided into two parts separated by a ring: outer area with rosette; inner flat disc with central filling-hole. Five long nozzles joined to one another, each with a circular raised area on flat top and single volutes, partially rendered. One volute-spine on each side of this uncommon grouping of five nozzles. Raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves.
Description: Moldmade. Crescent ornament handle with incised crescent within, ring behind. Flat shoulder: Loeschcke form III a var.(?). Deep inward-sloping discus divided into two parts separated by a ring: outer area with rosette; inner flat disc with central filling-hole. Five long nozzles joined to one another, each with a circular raised area on flat top and single volutes, partially rendered. One volute-spine on each side of this uncommon grouping of five nozzles. Raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves.
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