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Published Hellenistic oil lamp from Adler collection

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Object number
AR3009A
Object: Oil lamp

Material: Pale clay

Date: 4th - 2nd century B.C.
Hellenistic period

Description:    Lamp with a high round body and a recessed round surface. Straight-out nozzle with a slightly rounded end. Wheel-made, with a small base.

Size: Length 94 mm, width 61 mm, height 44 mm

Condition: Perfectly preserved, undamaged. Traces of lamp black on the nozzle document the intense use of the lamp in antiquity.

Reference: Published with picture in Noam Adler, Oil-Lamps from the Holy Land, The Adler Collection, 2004, page 9 Nr. 36

Provenance: Acquired 2020 at an auction of the Archaeological Center R. Deutsch, Israel. Ex famous Judge Dr. Steve Adler collection. Exported from Israel with permit of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) Nr. 542792.

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