Lamp

Excavated at Tell en-Nasbeh, northwest of Jerusalem, possibly 1927 [1];

Acquired as part of the finds from the Tell en-Nasbeh excavation by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.

NOTES:

[1] The Nelson-Atkins and the Pacific School of Religion co-sponsored an archaeological expedition at Tell en-Nasbeh, northwest of Jerusalem, in 1932. The expedition was led by Dr. William Frederic Badé. The partage agreement between the institutions specified that if the artistic quality of the objects found in 1932 was not satisfactory to the Nelson-Atkins, the Pacific School of Religion would transfer objects from its own collection, including objects found during previous excavations at Tell en-Nasbeh, to the Nelson-Atkins to supplement the more recent finds. An excavation inventory card ("millimeter card") which may be for this object, held by the Badé Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA, documents its findspot as Cistern 159, AJ20, on June 17, 1927. Copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial file. With thanks to Dr. Melissa Cradic, Curator, Badé Museum, for sharing this information with the Nelson-Atkins.