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altar
Object Type
altar
Museum number
1980,1214.2432
Description
Coarse grey stone altar (identified in site records as tufa? or trachyte?), square depression in top.
Cultures/periods
Persian-Hellenistic
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
J L Starkey
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Lachish
, Level I Solar Shrine Q.12:105 262.20
Materials
tufa
(?)
trachyte
(?)
Dimensions
Height:
100 millimetres
Length:
115 millimetres
Width:
122 millimetres
Bibliographic references
L.III / Lachish III: The Iron Age
(pl.64.7)
Location
Not on display
Condition
some incrustation, three of legs and part of upper surface missing, in two pieces - should be repaired.
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Institute of Archaeology, London
Acquisition date
1980
Acquisition notes
From the Wellcome-Marston expedition of 1932-1938.
Department
Middle East
Registration number
1980,1214.2432
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
FN.4102