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    HoB 651: Lamp. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lamp

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Museum
Manisa, Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum, 4279
Museum Inventory No.
4279
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
L63.050a
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lamp
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Solid
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Building E
B-Grid Coordinates
W21 - W23 / S110 - S113 *99.6 - 99.4
Findspot
W21-23 / S110-113 *99.60-99.40 ⁓ Building E
Description
Complete lamp, except nozzle. Rounded and open; horizontal and concave rim; vertical and high edge; high central cone; flat base with concave center. Red clay. Traces of paint on rim, under rim, and upper cone.
Dimensions
H. 0.04, Diam. of rim 0.075.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD