Lamp

Title: Lamp
Inventory Number: A0282
Date Acquired: 1988
Source: Rex Toomey Gift
Provenance: Turkey
From Date: 1
To Date: 200
Description: High, shallowly convex reservoir curving in more strongly at top to sharp articulation w fairly narrow, flat rim, plain except for incised annulus on either side of base of nozzle; deeply concave discus defined by two incised lines; flat base, slightly depressed in center defined by deeply incised line. High, horizontally pierced vertical loop handle decorated with two incised lines down exterior surface from rim of discus to upper reservoir; short rounded nozzle recessed from rim surface from which it separated by strongly incised line. Unpainted.
State of Preservation: Intact. Considerable incrustation.
Height: 5.2 cm
Rim Diameter: 6.75 cm
Base Diameter: 3.8 cm
Length: 9.77 cm
Color: Clay body 2.5YR 4/8 (red).
Type: lamp
Material: fired clay