Accession No

1955.190 B


Description

A lamp of buff ware with an everted rim and obtuse-angled, flat base; wheel-made. Three rim sherds detached but present.


Place

Asia; West Asia; Palestine; West Bank; Jericho


Period

Middle Bronze Age II


Source

British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem [donor]; Kenyon, Kathleen [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1955.190 B; G73 133 [Excavation Register]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

142mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: Tomb G73
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1955.190 A-F reads: 'Six buff ware lamps. Wheel made.
A: Blackened spout
C: Fragmentary
D: Fragmentary, coarse biscuit. Black spout
E: Single spouted oil lamp.
F: Fragmentary, surface corroded'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Jericho, excavated by Kathleen Kenyon, 1952-1958. See archive for field notebooks, distribution lists, etc. (BR6/3/1/1 – BR6/3/1/8).
Event Date 1952
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (References)
Kenyon, K.M. (1960). Excavations at Jericho, Vol. I: The Tombs Excavated in 1952–1954. London: The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem.
Event Date 1960
Author: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
1955.190 B: 3 fragments of lamp broken off, but present.
Event Date 25/10/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Two further sherds were found with this object, but do not belong to it, by Kate Sutton in 2001. They have now been assigned a TEMP number (TEMP.01903).
Event Date 1/8/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
A lamp of buff ware with an everted rim and obtuse-angled, flat base; wheel made. Three rim sherds detached but present.
Event Date 1/8/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:299084

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