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| Item Number: |
7KKJN |
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| Category: |
Holyland |
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| Period: |
Roman-Judaean |
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| Date: |
c. 3rd-5th Century A.D. |
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| Material: |
Terra Cotta |
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| Length: |
3 1/2" (8.9cm) |
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| Display Stand: |
Not Applicable |
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| Note: |
These lamps were circulated in the Holyland. |
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| Status: |
Sold |
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| Description: |
Mould-made, creamy-beige buff clay, ovoid body, slightly raised knob handle, large filling hole encircled by a groove and surrounded by a pattern of radiating short rays, blackening at wick hole, flat underside.
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| Condition: |
Intact
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| References: |
Ancient Lamps from the Mediterranean by Srdjan Djuric.
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| Keywords: |
Oil lamp: Widely used around the Mediterranean and the Near East from the Bronze Age until the Byzantine Period, a span of over a thousand years. During this millennium lamp-forms changed from open saucers to enclosed ovals with tubular spouts. Most surviving ancient examples are composed of ceramic or so-called terra cotta, but lamps were also made of bronze and occasionally of stone.
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