Pottery lamp of buff ware with remnants of yellow slip. [MOBB [OPS move] 18/10/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery lamp of buff ware with remnants of yellow slip. [MOBB [OPS move] 18/10/2016]
Long description: Pottery lamp of buff ware with remnants of yellow slip. Ovoid lamp with flat bottom, expanding sides to shoulder and slightly convex sides over the body. There is a rounded rim around the filling hole, around which is a channel. The sides of the lamp are adorned with a partially legible ?Greek inscription in relief. The wick nozzle is decorated with a raised ridge the length of the nozzle with diagonal raised lines radiating from it representing a palm leaf. [MOBB [OPS move] 18/10/2016]
Geographical reference: Palestine
Asia > Western Asia > Palestine; Gaza Strip Gaza
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Iron Age Greek, uncertain
Date collected: 1898
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Inscribed, Process Decorated, Process Slipped, Process Coiled Handbuilt, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Height: max 34 mm, Width: max 64 mm, Length: max 95 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1932.88.330 Other numbers: KS 22 [K S 22]

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