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LOT 1296
Byzantine Period Terracotta Oil Lamp with Triangular Handle
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (93.6 grams, 10.1 cm).
Circular body with a wide nozzle, filler hole with a raised square border with a band of pellets below, a wide triangular handle at the rear with three raised vertical bands behind, and a low basal ring. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a Yorkshire, UK gentleman, items collected in the Holy Land in the 1960s.
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LOT 1296
Byzantine Period Terracotta Oil Lamp with Triangular Handle
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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