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LOT 1314
Byzantine Terracotta Oil Lamp
CIRCA 5TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (111 grams, 10.3 cm).
With central filling hole and small nozzle, U-section channel between, carinated body decorated with running tendril ornament, lug handle; repaired, nozzle chipped. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. 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 no.6, for similar.
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