Published pinched bowl lamp from Adler collection
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Object number
AR3466-15
| Object: |
Oil lamp
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| Material: |
Red clay
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| Date: |
2nd - 1st century B.C. Late hellenistic period. |
| Description: |
Lamp made of a small bowl, folded in the middle and pinched to form two holes, one for the wick and the other to fill the oil. With broad ring-shaped base. Those wheel-made local lamps are typically simple, undecorated and continue the form of lamps from the Bronze and Iron Ages. |
| Size: |
Length 80 mm, width 49 mm.
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| Condition: |
Very well preserved, minor chips on body. Traces of lamp black on the nozzle document the use of the lamp in antiquity.
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| Reference: |
Published with picture in Noam Adler, Oil-Lamps from the Holy Land, The Adler Collection, 2004, Nr. 39.
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2022 from 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. 53397.
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| Authenticity: |
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