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Published Canaanite oil lamp from Adler collection

€670
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Object number
AR3466-16
Object: Canaanite oil lamp

Material: Red clay

Date: Iron Age II
950 - 587 B.C.

Description:    Shallow bowl with a thick and high discus base.
This type appears only in southern Israel.

Size: Length 128 mm, width 116 mm, height 58 mm

Condition: Very well preserved, minor chips on body, one larger chip at rim. Traces of lamp black on the nozzle document the use of the lamp in antiquity.

Reference: Published with picture in Noam Adler, Oil-Lamps from the Holy Land, The Adler Collection, 2004, Nr. 18.

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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