Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Holy Land: Pottery (118)

GLAZED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Islamic period, 12th Century AD

Nicely decorated with a long open nozzle, loop handle and a lozeng-form reflector

Dimensions:
Length: 15.5 cm
Width: 8.5 cm
Height: 8 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#87228

PHOENICIAN BURNISHED POTTERY PITCHER
IRON AGE, 1000 – 700 BC

Nicely made and highly burnished in metallic gray color, with an elegant funnel-shaped neck and a flat base.

Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 9 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm

Condition: Neck repaired as shown otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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# 9147

POTTERY OIL LAMP
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8TH CENT. AD

Highly decorated with clusters of grapes and vine leaves all around the shoulders

Measurements:
Length: 11 cm
Width: 8 cm

Condition: Good condition as shown

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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BIBLICAL POTTERY JAR
HOLY LAND- BIBLICAL – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great

Ribbed body with circular lines all around and a short cylindrical-shaped neck with two handles

Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 20cm

Condition: One side of the rim is professionally repaired as shown otherwise intact

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY PERFUME JAR
Holy Land – CANAANITE, Middle Bronze Age, 1850 – 1550 BC
“Time of Abraham"

Nicely made with a double shaped handle and a little base. Would have been used for perfumed oils and precious liquids
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PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham

Dimensions:
Height: 10.5 cm
Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm

Condition: Very good condition with nice earthy patina as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY WINE MEASURING JAR "DIPPER"
BIBLICAL, CANAANITE, MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of the Patriarchs

Dimensions:
Height: 19 cm
Width: 10 cm
Height on stand: 21 cm

Condition: Good condition with earthy patina as found.

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY OIL LAMP
Byzantine empire, 5th Cent. AD

Nicely made and decorated with a schematic seven branched menorah on the nozzle

This lamp will make a nice addition to the finest oil lamp collection

Measurements:
Length: 10 cm
Width: 7 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Nabatean 50 BC – 150 AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

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#829078 A lamp such as this might have lit homes in the fabled city of Petra during the flowering of the Nabatean Empire...

POTTERY PERFUME JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age
1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham

Ovoid body, double-shaped handle and a small neck

Dimensions:
Height: 17 cm
Diameter: 10 cm
Height on stand: 21 cm

Condition: Rim and part of the body professionally repaired and restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#811068

PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
Double-shaped handle, flat base with some ancient paint pigments around the body!

Dimensions:

Height: 13 cm

Diameter: 8 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Some professional repair at the Neck/handle hard to see otherwise intact

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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BIBLICAL TERRACOTTA WINE PITCHER
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC

First temple period

"Time of King David"

Nicely made in a globular body with a shaped-neck

Dimensions:
Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Minor professional repair at the rim otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY WINE DECANTER
Biblical, Iron Age, 1200 – 1000 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”

Nicely made in a globular body with a shaped neck and handle with remains of ancient paint pigments

Measurements:
H: 15.5 cm
Width: 11 cm

Condition: Some professional repair at the rim as shown otherwise intact and in good condition.

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY WINE PITCHER
Holy Land - "CANAANITE" Late Bronze Age;1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses

Globular body with a ring base, ring base and a double-shaped loop handle.

Dimensions:
Height: 24 cm
Diameter: 24 cm

Condition: Neck repaired as shown otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#63908

POTTERY OIL LAMP
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8TH CENT. AD

Nicely decorated with palm trees and animals

Measurements:
Length: 10 cm
Width: 8.5 cm

Condition: Nozzle chipped as shown otherwise intact and good condition as shown

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY OIL LAMP
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8TH CENT. AD

Highly decorated with clusters of grapes, vine leaves and floral designs all around the shoulders

Measurements:
Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 7.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as shown

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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SPOUTED POTTERY OIL VESSEL
BIBLICAL, IRON AGE, 1200 – 1000 BC
“Time of King David”

Nicely made with two handles and little spout o the side...

FRAGMENTARY HEAD OF AN ANIMAL
Holy Land - Philistine Period; Circa, 1000 BC

Probably a part of a Kernos!

Dimensions:
Length: 7 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 9 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found near Samaria northern Israel

Beautifully mounted on a acrylic plexi-glass display stand of high quality

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#62826

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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Nicely decorated with a wreath around the filling hole with burning marks at the nozzle. Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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#929586

DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 6 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#729615

POTTERY WINE MEASURING JUGLET
CANAANITE, Late Bronze Age: 1550 - 1200 BC

Time of Moses

Measurements:
Height: 16 cm
Width: 8 cm
Height on stand: 18 cm

Condition: Good condition as shown

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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BIBLICAL POTTERY VASE
CANAANITE, MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
This type known by the chocolate on white ware with remains of brown paint pigments...

POTTERY WINE PITCHER
BYZANTINE EMPIRE, 4th – 5th CENT. AD

Cylindrical-shaped neck with a ridge and a flat base.

Measurements:
Height: 19 cm
Diameter: 15 cm
Height on stand: 21 cm

Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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TERRACOTTA OLIVE OIL JUGLET
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Dimensions:
Height: 14 cm
Width: 8 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Very good condition untouched as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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POTTERY WINE MEASURING JUGLET WITH A SHAPED MOUTH
HOLY LAND, Iron Age, Israelite, 1200 - 900 BC
First temple period - Time of King David

Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 9 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: Minor chip at the rim as shown otherwise intact, not repaired and not restored

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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#05908

TERRACOTTA FLASK
CYRPO-PHOENICIAN, IRON AGE 800 – 600 B.C

Globular body, two handles with a shaped neck.
Remains of ancient black painted lines around the body .

Dimensions:
Height: 11 cm
Diameter: 7 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Rim chipped as shown otherwise intact

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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# 84129

Terracotta Oil Lamp
Holy Land – Late Bronze Age;
Canaanite; 1550 – 1200 BC
“Time of Moses”

Biblical pottery saucer type oil lamp with "Soot" burning marks at the nozzle

Measurements:
Length: 14.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Condition: Good condition with minor chip on the rim as shown

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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TERRACOTTA HEAD OF AN ASTARTE
Fertility Goddess
Iron Age II, Israelite: 1000-586 BC.
Time of the kings of ancient Israel"

Terracotta figurines of Astarte (Ashtoret), were prominent in daily Israelite religious practice, and were worshiped probably by women...

POTTERY SHALLOW BOWL WITH A HANDLE
"Canaanite" Early Bronze Age, 3100 - 2000 BC

Dimensions:
Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored

Found in Jericho "Jordan valley", Holy Land

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POTTERY VESSEL "BOWL"
Holy Land – Middle Bronze Age, 1850 – 1550 BC
Canaanite; Time of Abraham

Nicely made with a rim folded outward and a rounded flat base

Measurements:
Height: 10 cm
Diameter: 15 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Minor chips at the rim as shown otherwise intact

Found near Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age, 1200 – 1000 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”

A charming wheel-made pottery saucer oil lamp with a pinched spout.

Measurements:
Length: 12 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Condition: Good condition, not repaired and not restored.

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”

A charming wheel-made reddish pottery saucer oil lamp with a pinched spout and a base

Measurements:
Length: 13 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Condition: Minor ancient chip at the rim otherwise intact and in good condition.

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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# 741609

POTTERY OIL FILLER WITH A SPOUT
BIBLICAL, LATE BRONZE AGE, 1550 - 1200 BC
Time of Moses

Measurements:
Height: 5 cm
Length: 13.5 cm

Condition: handle repaired otherwise intact.

Excavated in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great

Nicely made in a globular body with a shaped neck and handle

Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm
Diameter: 9 cm
Height on stand: 17 cm

Condition: Some professional restoration

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND, Roman "Herodian" 37 BC - 100 AD
Second temple period
Time of Christ

Globular ribbed body with a shaped neck and handle...

BYZANTINE - EARLY ISLAMIC DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
7th Cent. AD

Circular body with fine ribbing, body tapering towards the top, wider at the lower part and narrower at the upper with a loop handle higher than the rim and a well-formed nozzle.

Dimensions:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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BURNISHED POTTERY PERFUME JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham"

Nicely made with a shaped neck and a little round base with remains of ancient paint pigment on the body.

Dimensions:
Height: 8.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Height on stand: 11.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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Terracotta Oil Lamp
Holy Land – Late Bronze Age;
Canaanite; 1550 – 1200 BC
“Time of Moses”

Biblical pottery saucer type oil lamp with “Soot” burning marks at the nozzle

Measurements:
Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as shown

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

POTTERY OIL LAMP
ISLAMIC PERIOD, 8TH CENT. AD

Highly decorated with clusters of grapes and vine leaves all around the shoulders

Measurements:
Length: 9 cm
Width: 7 cm

Condition: Good condition as shown

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY SAUCER OIL LAMP
Biblical, Iron Age II, 900 – 586 BC
“Time of Kings of ancient Israel”

A charming wheel-made reddish pottery saucer oil lamp with a pinched spout and a base

Measurements:
Length: 13 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Condition: Minor ancient chip at the rim otherwise intact and in good condition.

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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BLACK TERRACOTTA OIL JUGLET
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Dimensions:
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 7 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Good condition untouched as found

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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BLACK TERRACOTTA OIL JUGLET
HOLY LAND, IRON AGE I, 1200 - 980 BC
First temple period
"Time of King David"

Dimensions:
Height: 9 cm
Width: 6 cm
Height on stand: 12 cm Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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POTTERY JAR WITH A HIGH LOOPED HANDLE
HOLY LAND, Chalcholithic Age, 4000 - 3100 BC

Dimensions: Height: 9.5 cm Width: 8 cm
Height on stand: 13 cm

Condition: Handle re-attached otherwise intact

Found in Jericho "Jordan Valley", Holy Land

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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, Samaritan, 2nd - 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Minor chipping at the base as shown otherwise intact

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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#729237

DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Late Roman period, 4th Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6.5 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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#817576

Terracotta oil lamp with a long nozzle
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, 3rd Century BC

Dimensions:
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 5 cm

Condition: Good condition as found

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman period, 3rd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 6 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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#431098

POTTERY OIL LAMP
Byzantine Period, 7th Cent. AD

Measurements: Length: 9 cm - Width: 5.5 cm

Condition: Good condition with age weathering as shown

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

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DECORATED POTTERY OIL LAMP
Roman imperial, 1st - 2nd Cent. AD

Dimensions:
Length: 8 cm
Width: 6 cm

Condition: Good condition not repaired and not restored

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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#830448

POTTERY OIL LAMP DEPICTING A CROSS ON THE NOZZLE
BYZANTINE PERIOD, 4TH CENTURY AD

Measurements:
Length: 7.5 cm
Width: 5 cm

Condition: With some age weathering to the surface

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Israel

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From Jerusalem, ancient Roman "Samaritan" decorated pottery oil lamp depicting a floral design all around the filling hole and two crossed spears at the nozzle

Dated from, 3rd Century AD

Dimensions: Length: 9.5 cm - Width: 6 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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Oil Lamp

Biblical, Holy Land
Late Bronze Age
1550 – 1200 BC
“Time of Moses”

Gracefully displayed in a beautiful wooden frame which will definitely add a unique touch and addition to any room in any house

Measurements:
Length: 14 cm -
Width: 14.5 cm

Frame dimensions:
Height: 43 cm
Width: 43 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

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PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham

Double-shaped handle, ovoid body with a rim folded outwards!

Dimensions:
Height: 13.5 cm

Diameter: 8.5 cm
Height on stand: 9 cm

Condition: Rim chipped as shown with age weathering on the surface otherwise intact.

Found in Hebron "City of Abraham" south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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PERFUME POTTERY JAR
Holy Land, Canaanite, biblical Middle Bronze Age, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham
Double-shaped handle, flat base with some ancient paint pigments around the body!

Dimensions:
Height: 12 cm

Diameter: 8.5 cm
Height on stand: 15.6 cm

Condition: Handle/Neck professionally repaired hard to see otherwise intact

Found in Hebron "City of Abraham" south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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A very rare ancient biblical Iron Age pottery wine flask with a cup

Dated from, 1000 - 900 BC "Time of the Kings of ancient Israel"

Measurements: Length: 22 cm - Width 12.5 cm

Nicely displayed on a plexi-glass stand of high quality

Condition: Minor professional repair hard to see at the rim of the cup otherwise intact and in very good condition

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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From Jerusalem, a very attractive Talmudic period pottery torch, dating to the 6th Century AD

The torch is nicely and richly decorated with incised decoration of large palm branches all around and burning marks from the inside

Measurements: Height: 17.5 cm - Diameter: 15 cm - Height on stand: 23 cm

Condition: Excellent archaeological condition

Found in Jerusalem, Israel

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Directly from Jerusalem, ancient biblical Iron Age reddish pottery Torpedo style wine storage amphora with two handle and a short neck

Dated from, 1000 - 800 BC "Time of the Kings of ancient Israel

Measurements: Height: 48 cm - Width: 38 cm - Height on stand: 57 cm

Condition: Excellent archaeological condition, not repaired and not restored with nice earthy patina

Found in Hebron "City of Abraham" south of Jerusalem, Israel

Provenance: Aweidah family collection

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Snake “Serpent” pottery jar
“Tell El-Yahudiyeh ware"
Holy Land, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age
1730 - 1550 BC
Time of Abraham

The jar is outstanding in its excellent workmanship and decoration, a fine creation of the master potter in a period when pottery-making reached a peak of achievement.

The jar is well proportioned, with a flaring neck, graceful ovoid body and a pointed base...