Lamp

29-102-264

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-102-264
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hellenistic | Roman
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level III, Base of Reservoir by Hellenistic Temple
Period Hellenistic Period | Roman Period
Date Made 200 BCE- 400 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

light brown ware, nozzle blackened by use; no handle; circular body; around the body aperture is a high rim; nozzle with incurving sides; undecorated, pared; white inclusions in clay. "This lamp is important for dating the reservoir and through it, the Hellenistic Temple." - from accession card.

Fitzgerald: “Hellenistic lamp. Buff ware. Below the base of the Reservoir S. of the Hellenistic Temple”

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 25-11-432 - Field No SF

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