Shallow Terracotta Lamp with Pinched Spout
Description:
Shallow Terracotta Lamp with Pinched Spout
ca. 1200-900 BCE
Late Bronze to Early Iron Age
terracotta: handmade, fabric: Coarse buff clay. Munsell: 7.5 YR 7/6 reddish yellow
height 5.3 cm
length 12.2 cm
width 11.7 cm
Portland State University Middle East Studies Center
Bogue Lamp Collection, Lamp ID #174, PSU 34-905
Professor Anne Nicogorski, Willamette University, cited with permission
Late Bronze Age pottery oil lamp. Shape: Bowl with round bottom; vertical rim; rounded lip; pinched on one side to form spout. Decoration: None. Inscriptions: None. Condition: Intact; traces of burning at spout.