AL93892. Transjordan elongated lamp; Adler type JOR.1, cf. 967 ff. (none with palm frond ornamentation); 8.6 cm (3 3/8") long, near Choice, small chips in handle, crack at seam between two molded halves of the lamp, thin flake lost on bottom right side, earthen deposits (flaws visible in the photos), c. 400/500 - 600/650 A.D.; pink clay, mold made, elongated body, handle rising diagonally (ornamented with an X(?), unusual for the type), double rim around large filling hole, convex shoulders and sides of nozzle ornamented with alternating diagonal lines and lines of dots, high relief palm frond at peak of nozle from wick hole to filling hole rim;
rare with palm frond;
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