Description:

Ancient Near East, Holy Land/Levant, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1550 to 1200 BCE. A beautifully preserved oil lamp made from red clay with small, pebble-shaped inclusions, with a shell-shaped profile and a small, flat base. It is pinched in one spot, creating a narrow rest for its wick spout and a shallow interior cavity. Lamps of this style were immensely important to the lives of the people who used them. In the Old Testament, various important people are compared by analogy to the significance of lamps like these. Size: 5.3" W x 1.6" H (13.5 cm x 4.1 cm)

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection

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#139661

  • Condition: Intact, with nice deposits on surface. Black deposits show where the wick rested.

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