Lamp
| Object Number: | MS4604 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Minoan |
| Provenience: | Greece Crete Gournia |
| Period: | Late Minoan I |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Height: | 7.5 cm |
| Length: | 9.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 9.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
Description
Lamp with shape similar to 4598. Coarse, light red (2.5 YR 6/6) clay with light and dark inclusions. Wiped with water. Intact except for handel, across from spout. See 4598.
Reddish clay full of pebbles, small base, 2 small lug handles, remains of 1 loop handle opposite spout. Part of back missing. Very coarse, gritty, porous red clay. Wheel-made. Base, tip of nozzle blackened by burning. Form of slightly flattened round bowl, with rounded shoulder, rolled rim, flat raised base. Small nozzle pulled from rim.
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Silverman, Jean S., and Betancourt, Philip P. 1991. Pottery from Gournia:The Cretan Collection in the University Museum, The University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 58, no. 602, pl. 18, fig. 21 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Thesis] Silverman, Jean S. 1978. The Gournia Collection in the University Museum: A Study in East Cretan Pottery. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 153, no. 371, fig. 9, no. 5, pl. 23e, no. 2 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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