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    HoB 783: Lamp. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Lamp

Date
Context: later 7th to mid-6th c BC, Lydian
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
L63.038
Material
Ceramic
Object Type
Pottery
Pottery Shape
Lamp
Pottery Ware
Lydian Painted - Solid
Pottery Attribution
Site
Sardis
Sector
HoB
Trench
HoB
Locus
HoB Lydian I - Refuse Piles
B-Grid Coordinates
W11 - W13 / S103 - S104 *99.5 - 99.2
Findspot
W11-13 / S103-104 *99.50-99.20 ⁓ refuse pile
Description
Two joining fragments of lamp. Nearly half preserved. Rounded and open; horizontal rim, slightly flaring edge; high central cone; flat base with concave center; short nozzle (partially preserved). Red clay. Exterior, bands on rim, under rim, and base. Interior, band around base and top of cone.
Dimensions
H. 0.026, Diam. of rim 0.088, Diam. of bottom 0.085, Th. 0.004–0.006.
Comments
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Author
GGD