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2016.73.1

Dark ware pottery lamp. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/09/2016]


2016.73.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Dark ware pottery lamp. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/09/2016]
Long description
Dark ware pottery lamp. The conical body has concentric ridged bands or grooves over the entirety of the body. The lamp has no handle. There is an applied conical wick nozzle. [MOBB [OPS move] 22/09/2016]
Geographical reference
Tel Aviv-Yafo
Person
Field collector John Abercromby
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1901
Date collected
By 1901
Acquisition information
Donated: 1932 Found unentered: 16/09/2016
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Grooved, Process Coiled
Dimensions
Diameter: max 55 mm, Height: max 33 mm, Length: max 72 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2016.73.1 Other numbers: LR 2 [L R 2]
Research and responses

It seems likely that these objects were collected by the Hon. John Abercromby [as he is listed for another 48 separate objects] [AP 25/7/2002]

Search terms: Lighting, Pottery, Lamp