Shallow Terracotta Lamp with Rounded Lip

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Shallow Terracotta Lamp with Rounded Lip

ca. 1500-1200 BCE

Late Bronze Age

terracotta: wheelmade, fabric: fine with some inclusions. Munsell: 5 YR 6/6 reddish yellow
height 4.6 cm
length 12 cm
width 12.8 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #277, PSU 34-908

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

Late Bonze Age pottery oil lamp, 1500-1200 BCE. Shape: Shallow bowl with flat base; incurved rim with rounded lip; pinched at one side to form spout. Decoration: None. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Mostly complete; large piece broken at spout; encrustation inside.
 

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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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