Lamp
29-102-237
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
Object Number | 29-102-237 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Hellenistic | Roman |
Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
Archaeology Area | Level III, under north side of Byzantine wall, north of Room 1120m W. of refractory 5 |
Period | Hellenistic Period | Roman Period |
Date Made | 200 BCE- 400 CE |
Section | Near Eastern |
Materials | Ceramic |
Description | grey ware, black slip; disc base; no handle; circular body; long wide nozzle with incurving sides; the body is divided into three panels by raised bands with garland patterns on them. The bands extend from the body aperture to the keel. In each of the two side panels there is a rosette in relief while the rear panel (#3) contains the figure of a frog also in relief. Fitzgerald: “Moulded lamp. Black ware. E. of Temple area (by a Byzantine Wall)” |
Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
Other Number | 26-11-55 - Field No SF |
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