Lamp

Title: Lamp
Inventory Number: A0280
Date Acquired: 1985
Source: ?Transferred SRL, possibly Thayer Collection.
Provenance: ? Accessions Book 81.
From Date: -250
To Date: -1
Description: Lamp w small handle and long nozzle with large triangular end. Sharply carinated reservoir on low offset base, slightly concave within; high sloping rim around discus within which surface rises to fill hole, two air holes approximately on longitudinal axis; low raised base w slightly concave surface. Upper surface of body decorated with relief basketry pattern: vertical rows of close-set horizontal lines; raised spathate device on surface of nozzle flanked by groups of relief dots and some relief device on tip.
State of Preservation: Handle chipped off, chipping at end of nozzle & around discus.
Height: 3.1 cm
Rim Diameter: 6.5 cm
Base Diameter: 4.0 cm
Length: 12.4 cm
Color: All burned to 2.5YR N/3 (very dark gray).
Type: lamp
Material: fired clay