ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art
Saucer Lamp
Place ExcavatedJericho, Palestine, Asia
CultureCanaanite
PeriodMiddle Bronze Age II
Date1800-1600 BCE
MediumClay
Credit LineJericho Excavations, 1952-1958
Dimensions1 15/16 x 4 13/16 in. (4.9 x 12.3 cm)
Object number1955.070
Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - February 12, 2018
Published ReferencesKathleen Kenyon, Excavations at Jericho II (London: British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, 1965), 423, figure 219, number 11.
Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology: A Preview of the Collections (Atlanta: The Museum, 1982), 8.
ProvenanceExcavated by Kathleen Kenyon (1906-1978), Jericho, Palestine.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
2000-1600 BCE
2000-1600 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
1800-1600 BCE
8th Century BCE
800-586 BCE
1400-1000 BCE
