Shallow Terracotta Lamp with Small Pulled Spout

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Shallow Terracotta Lamp with Small Pulled Spout

19th century BCE

Middle Bronze Age

terracotta: handmade, fabric: Coarse gray clay
height 4.3 cm
length 10.5 cm
width 9 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #277, PSU 34-906

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

Middle Bronze Age pottery oil lamp, probably 19th century BCE. Shape: Round bottomed shallow bowl with one small spout pulled out at rim. Decoration: None. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Recomposed from four fragments; otherwise, mostly complete; minor chips, very dirty.

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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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