Holy Land Pottery Oil Lamp - Late Bronze Age
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**Originally Listed At $200**
Ancient Near East, Holy Land / Levant, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1550 to 1200 BCE. A terracotta oil lamp, made from a coarse clay with small pebble inclusions, in a saucer shape with a small round base. It has a narrow, pinched rest for its wick and a shallow bowl. Lamps of this style were hugely important to the lives of the people who used them; in the Old Testament, various important people are compared by analogy to the importance of a lamp like this one. Size: 4.9" W x 1.55" H (12.4 cm x 3.9 cm)
Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000
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#122290
Ancient Near East, Holy Land / Levant, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1550 to 1200 BCE. A terracotta oil lamp, made from a coarse clay with small pebble inclusions, in a saucer shape with a small round base. It has a narrow, pinched rest for its wick and a shallow bowl. Lamps of this style were hugely important to the lives of the people who used them; in the Old Testament, various important people are compared by analogy to the importance of a lamp like this one. Size: 4.9" W x 1.55" H (12.4 cm x 3.9 cm)
Provenance: private Orange County, California, USA collection acquired before 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#122290
Condition
Intact, with light signs of use around wick area. Nice encrustation on surface.
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Holy Land Pottery Oil Lamp - Late Bronze Age
Estimate $250 - $375
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