Pottery lamp of red ware with remnants of red slip. Oval shape with wide, flat backed vertical handle at the back. [MOBB [OPS move] 11/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery lamp of red ware with remnants of red slip. Oval shape with wide, flat backed vertical handle at the back. [MOBB [OPS move] 11/11/2016]
Long description: Pottery lamp of red ware with remnants of red slip. Oval shape with wide, flat backed vertical handle at the back. Flat bottom with expanding, shallow sides and slightly convex top. Large central filling hole surrounded by a band of raised dots and surrounding ridge. The sides are decorated with a zig-zag line in relief with raised dots above and below. The wick hole has four raised dots immediately above it under a fine arched line, and two significantly raised six-pointed stars on either side (one is partially obliterated). [MOBB [OPS move] 11/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Israel
Asia > Western Asia > Israel; Jerusalem
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1898
Date collected: 1898
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Decorated, Process Moulded, Process Slipped
Dimensions: Height: max 33 mm, Width: max 57 mm, Length: max 90 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1932.88.362 Other numbers: KS 96 [K S 96]

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