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LOT 1051
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp
5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/4 in. (72 grams, 97 mm).
Slipper-shaped in plan with spike handle, raised rim to the filler hole, broad shoulder with raised radiating bars, stub nozzle with ring-and-dot above, low basal ring. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Lloyd and Jeanne Raport collection, Washington, D.C.
and Florida, USA, formed between 1972-2000.
Acquired through Bonhams, London, UK.
Cf. De Vincenz, A., ‘Ceramic Vessels and Oil Lamps from the Burial Cave at ‘En Lavan, Nahal Refa’im’ in Atiqot, 98, 2020, pp.103-122, fig.8, for similar.
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