Lamp

Sherd

31-50-101

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 31-50-101
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area CN 270, monastery, Room 6
Locus C.N. 270, monastery, Room 6
Period Byzantine
Date Made 300-700 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Greek Inscription | Cross
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Handle fragment of a lamp in the form of a cross (incomplete) which bears a molded Greek inscription. The handle joins the body at the aperture; in back of cross is a knob (loop handle?) broken off.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1931
Other Number 30-10-268 - Field No SF

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