Spätrömische Öllampe vom Mamre-Typ
Price: on request
Object number
0560OL076
| Object: | Roman oil lamp |
| Material: | Light red clay. |
| Dimensions: | Length 74mm, width 60mm, height 22mm. |
| Period: | 3rd to 4th cent. AD. Late Roman. |
| Condition: | Very well preserved lamp. Strong sand patina and mineral deposits on the surface. Soot particles next to the burning hole. |
| Description: | Open lamp, flat from, no handle. Filling hole surrounded by a ring. Two volutes between filling hole and nozzle. This type was mainly found in the vicinity of Mamre, literature mentions it as Mamre type accordingly. The city of Mamre is called Ramat-el-Khalil today and is already mentioned in the old testament. It was here, Abraham had his house, where he was visited by angels (Gen. 18:1ff). Abraham has possibly been burried in Mamre by his son Jacob (Gen. 35:27). |
| References: | Rosenthal-Sivan, QEDEM 8 - Ancient lamps in the Schlossinger Collection (1978), p. 100, no. 413 |
| Provenience: | Bought 2009 in a German auction house. Before with a US American antiquities dealer. |
| Authenticity: | All items are sold with a Certificate of Authenticity. We unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of every artefact, all items are subject to our lifetime return policy on authenticity. |
| Expertise: | This item was checked for authenticity in September 2012 by Mr. David Knell, expert for ancient lamps, consultant to Sotheby's from the late 1990ies to the early 2000s. |