Lamp

MS4177

From: Greece | Crete | Gournia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS4177
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Gournia
Period Middle Minoan III
Section Mediterranean
Materials Steatite | Stone
Description

Much broken; mended, and much of base restored. Black, polished steatite, with lighter crystals. Flat top, with shallow reservoir, and two very small wick-cuttings. Edge of rim slants outward, sides slant inward to very high stem, flaring gradually outward. Lacks handles.

Height 19.7 cm
Outside Diameter 20 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904

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