Holy Land Terracotta Oil Lamp

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  • Size

    6cm(W) x 8.7cm(L) / 2"(W) x 3"(L)

  • Condition

    Excellent

    structurally in tact.

  • Full Description

    Holy Land Terracotta Oil Lamp

    6th Century A.D

    Round lamp with tongue handle and tapered channel and almost square nozzle.

    Double raised edge separates central filling hole from decorative rim of band of concentric circles with circular and dotted infills, and pyramidal motif running around the periphery similarly with pyramidal and dotted infills.

    Handle with peacock tail motif, tapered channel with motif, square in outline with central square with oval shapes springing from each corner with dotted infill, flanked on either side by border of dotted ovolo.