Lamp
MS4585
From: Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4585 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Minoan |
| Provenience | Greece | Crete | Priniatiko Pyrgos |
| Period | Middle Minoan Period | Late Minoan Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Shape: Small lamp with incurved rim, small spout, and one handle. Broken area on side for another feature, perhaps a lug, now missing. Fabric: Coarse, light red (2.5YR 6/6) clay tempered with micaceous sand. Self-slipped. Decoration: undecorated. Condition: Handle and feature from side missing. Signs of burning at the spout, from use. Wheel-made. |
| Height | 2.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); E. H. Hall, 1912 |
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