Polycandela
29-108-29
Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery
From: Israel | Beth Shean
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 29-108-29 |
| Current Location | Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display |
| Provenience | Israel | Beth Shean |
| Archaeology Area | Level II, LTN |
| Period | Byzantine |
| Date Made | 300-700 CE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Description | Circular, with 6 circular apertures for holding lamps. Attached by means of large loops are three chains which join up to a large hook for suspension. Fitzgerald: “Notable amongst them are the bronze chandeliers or polycandela, from House VI, Room 29. These are frames made to hold glass oil-vessels or ordinary clay lamps, and were he means ordinarily employed for illuminating churches, from the roofs of which they were suspended by chains. This is another example, from the same room, on which the chains are seen attached to the frame” |
| Height | 2.4 cm |
| Depth | 23.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 23.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Expedition to Beth Shean (Beisan); Clarence Fisher, 1921-1928 |
| Other Number | 535 - Field No SF |
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