Photo and basic inventory card

Photo and basic inventory card

  • Object Number: 955.165.30 (Royal Ontario Museum)
  • Description: Lamp. Brownish drap ware with many white grits; 4-spouted; wide round base, Square, with rim pinched in 4 places for spouts. One spout blackened.
  • Dimensions: 4.8 x 12 x 12.5 cm
  • Material: Ceramic (earthenware), wheel-thrown
  • Geography: Excavated at Jericho, Palestine
  • Period: Early Bronze Age IV
  • Date: c. 2350-2000 BCE
  • Field Collector: Dame Kathleen Mary Kenyon; British School of Archaeology; American Schools of Oriental Research
  • Museum Collector: Dr. A. Douglas Tushingham
  • 1953 Archaeological Context: J Tomb H17
  • Excavation Number: 2
  • Cross References:
  • Published References: Kenyon, Kathleen M. Excavations at Jericho, Volume One. London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1960: pp. 220, 224, 225, Figures 81:17, 83.

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