Lamp

Title: Lamp
Inventory Number: A0278
Date Acquired: 1955
Source: Transferred from Thayer Collection.
Provenance: ?
From Date: 1
To Date: 200
Description: Handleless, low convex reservoir w sharp articulation w broad rim which decorated w row of relief annuli within each of which relief dot and separated from concave discus by relief band; traces of relief figure in discus; short rounded nozzle at base of which on rim 3 relief dots. Irregularly flat base defined by 2 concentric incised lines. Coated all over w red paint; darkened nozzle.
State of Preservation: Most of discus missing; most of paint worn off. Heavy incrustation all over.
Height: 2.05 cm
Rim Diameter: 7.05 cm
Base Diameter: 4.17 cm
Length: 8.38 cm
Color: Clay body 10R 6/8 (light red); paint 10R 3/6 (dark red).
Type: lamp
Material: fired clay