Terracotta Oil Cruse

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Terracotta Oil Cruse

terracotta: wheel-made, fabric: fine with some inclusions. Munsell: 2.5 YR 5/6
height 5.6 cm
holes 1.7 cm

Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #260, PSU 004A

 

Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission

Shape: Possible oil cruse with disk base; egg-shaped body profile; tall vertical neck with rounded lip. Decoration: None. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact; chips from base and rim; soil encrustation.

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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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