Lamp

Title: Lamp
Inventory Number: A0277
Date Acquired: 1955
Source: Transferred from Thayer Collection.
Provenance: ?
From Date: 201
To Date: 400
Description: Slipper lamp w horizontal triangular leg handle decorated w 2 incised parallel lines fr base to tip; carinated reservoir w large fill hole surrounded by thick relief band; shoulder decorated w incised ovolos set diagonally; very slightly flattened base. Top surface coated w red paint; blackened nozzle.
State of Preservation: ?Pick chip in base; heavy incrustation in incised recesses of top surface.
Height: 2.35 cm
Rim Diameter: 5.72 cm
Length: 8.4 cm
Color: Clay body 10YR 8/3 (very pale brown), paint 10R 4/6 (red); incrustation ca 5YR 8/3 (pinkish white).
Type: lamp
Material: fired clay