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    HoB 652: 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, 4252
Museum Inventory No.
4252
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
L63.050b
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. 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. Nozzle blackened at top.
Dimensions
H. 0.04, Diam. of rim 0.08.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Author
GGD