Canaanite oil lamp with high foot found in Hebron
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Object number
AR2408D
| Object: |
Canaanite oil lamp
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| Material: |
Red clay |
| Date: |
1200 - 586 B.C. Iron Age |
| Description: |
Deep bowl with high foot and high rim pinched to form single wick-rest.
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| Size: |
Length 108 mm, width 109 mm, height 50 mm
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| Condition: |
Very well preserved, chip on the left side, otherwise undamaged. With sticker "1457" and note in Hebrew.
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| Reference: |
N. Adler, Oil-Lamps from the Holy Land, The Adler Collection (Israel 2004) S. 4 Nr. 15 Rosenthal-Sivan, QEDEM 8 - Ancient lamps in the Schlossinger Collection (1978), Nr. 320 |
| 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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