Lamp

MS4582

From: Greece | Crete | Sphoungaras

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS4582
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Minoan
Provenience Greece | Crete | Sphoungaras
Period Early Minoan IIB
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Shape: Oval lamp with nozzle pulled out at one end and short lug-handle. Flat oval base with three lugs for feet. Fabric: Coarse, red (2.5YR 5/6) clay with gritty white, black, and micaceous tempering, with lighter slip. Decoration: Undecorated. Condition: Intact. Surface eroded.

Height 3.6 cm
Length 9.8 cm
Width 5.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); R. B. Seager, 1910

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