Lamp
29-102-264
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-102-264 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hellenistic | Roman |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level III, Base of Reservoir by Hellenistic Temple |
| Period | Hellenistic Period | Roman Period |
| Date Made | 200 BCE- 400 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | light brown ware, nozzle blackened by use; no handle; circular body; around the body aperture is a high rim; nozzle with incurving sides; undecorated, pared; white inclusions in clay. "This lamp is important for dating the reservoir and through it, the Hellenistic Temple." - from accession card. Fitzgerald: “Hellenistic lamp. Buff ware. Below the base of the Reservoir S. of the Hellenistic Temple” |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 25-11-432 - Field No SF |
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