Lamp

29-102-99

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-102-99
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area CN II, 43 = CN III, 15; class G
Period Roman Period
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Ring base, knob handle (now missing); circular body with a long wide nozzle; molded decoration of a band of circles with dots around the body aperture, around which is the lip of the discus, around which is a herring bone/garland, around which is a row of dots, and on the nozzle is an equally intricate decoration of lines and garlands above and below a band concentric circles and diamonds surrounded by dots; the top of the lamp is chipped; brown ware. Card says found with Byzantine lamps.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 1347 - Field No SF

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