Miniature Lamp

Unknown

1st century B.C.–4th century A.D.

Silver

J. Paul Getty Museum

A silver miniature lamp with ornate scrollwork on the handle. The lamp has a circular reservoir and a nozzle for a wick. Discus Iconography: Plain discus. Description: Miniature lamp. Ornament handle in the form of an elaborate openwork palmette. Raised edge around disc extending to form the sides of the nozzle. Inside edge, a continuous circle of beads, broken only by the handle base. Nozzle top with slightly raised checkered pattern. Circular base, also severely crushed, marked off by one deep groove. No traces of use. Bussière, Jean and Birgitta Lindros Wohl. Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2017). http://www.getty.edu/publications/ancientlamps, no. 613, ill.