Holy Land Terracotta Oil Lamp

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  • Size

    8.5cm(H) x 5cm(W) / 3"(H) x 2"(W)

  • Condition

    Excellent

    minor chipping of original pigment.

  • Full Description

    Holy Land Terracotta Oil Lamp

    4th-6th Century A.D

    Circular shaped lamp with small tongue handle and elongated tapered channel with stressed concavities and crescentic shaped nozzle.

    Central filling hole, separated by decorative band of abstract grapevine tendrils by double edged raised perimeter. Nozzle flanked on both sides by concentric circle with dotted infill and has double linear band at its base.

    Earthenware with red slip.