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Lamp

JORDAN, Pella
Lamp
 Early Bronze IV Period 2350 BCE-2150 BCE

Medium
fired clay

Measurements
4.8 × 12.2 × 12.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the University of Sydney, Pella Project, 1996

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Pella, Jordan

Accession Number
1996.479

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Buff earthenware lamp (reddish) formed as a round, flat-bottomed bowl and folded inwards at four points to supply rests for wicks. Black lines (remains of decoration?) below rim.

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