Lamp
1st–4th century A.D.
Discus Iconography: Bacchic scene, Centaur to right drinking from a wine cup; amphora behind his back.
Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form III a. Filling-hole in lower field. Voluted angular-tipped nozzle. Raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves. Plain planta pedis on the side of which are three big letters in thin relief (barbotine): N A T.
Description: Moldmade, from plaster mold. Shoulder: Loeschcke form III a. Filling-hole in lower field. Voluted angular-tipped nozzle. Raised base-ring marked off by two circular grooves. Plain planta pedis on the side of which are three big letters in thin relief (barbotine): N A T.
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)