Lamp
MS4177
From: Greece | Crete | Gournia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS4177 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Minoan |
Provenience | Greece | Crete | Gournia |
Period | Middle Minoan III |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Steatite | Stone |
Description | Much broken; mended, and much of base restored. Black, polished steatite, with lighter crystals. Flat top, with shallow reservoir, and two very small wick-cuttings. Edge of rim slants outward, sides slant inward to very high stem, flaring gradually outward. Lacks handles. |
Height | 19.7 cm |
Outside Diameter | 20 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Candia Museum (Herakleion Archaeological Museum); H. B. Hawes, 1904 |
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