Canaanite oil lamp found in Hebron
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Object number
AR2408A
| Object: |
Canaanite oil lamp
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| Material: |
Red clay |
| Date: |
1200 - 560 B.C. Iron Age |
| Description: |
Shallow bowl with high rim pinched to form single wick-rest. Convex underside with no defined base.
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| Size: |
Length 122 mm, width 129 mm, height 75 mm
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| Condition: |
Very well preserved, some chips and possibly a restoration at nozzle. With stickers "1456", "Pot 409" and note in Hebrew.
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| Reference: |
N. Adler, Oil-Lamps from the Holy Land, The Adler Collection (Israel 2004) p. 3 Nr. 12
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| Provenance: |
Acquired by us in 2017 from Baidun Fine Antiquities, Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem. Exported from Israel with permit Nr. 536560 of IAA. From the private collection of Baidun family, in which the lamp was since the 1950s or earlier. Said to have been found in Hebron.
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| Authenticity: |
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