Lamp

29-102-18

From: Israel | Beth Shean

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 29-102-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Israel | Beth Shean
Archaeology Area Level II, LTN, House IV, Cistern 3
Period Byzantine
Date Made 300-700 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ceramic
Description

Light brown ware, traces of dark brown wash; knob handle; ring base with a knob in the middle of the base; nozzle missing but can see burned edge where the nozzle opening may have been, decorated with two concentric circles around the body aperture, beneath the circles is a plain band followed by a band of dots which is interrupted by the handle, there are two scrolls where the nozzle begins (one on each side) and the nozzle is decorated with little circles and a T-shaped design with darts pointing to the nozzle aperture and to the sides of the nozzle, like an ivy leaf.

Credit Line Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928
Other Number 335 - Field No SF

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