Shallow Terracotta Lamp with Pinched Spout

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Shallow Terracotta Lamp with Pinched Spout

ca. 1200-900 BCE

Late Bronze to Early Iron Age

terracotta: handmade, fabric: Coarse buff clay. Munsell: 7.5 YR 7/6 reddish yellow
height 5.3 cm
length 12.2 cm
width 11.7 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #174, PSU 34-905

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

Late Bronze Age pottery oil lamp. Shape: Bowl with round bottom; vertical rim; rounded lip; pinched on one side to form spout. Decoration: None. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact; traces of burning at spout.

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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center - Public Access
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Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
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Ceramics, Utilitarian Objects
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Lamp
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