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Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp
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LOT 1087

Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp

5TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/2 in. (88 grams, 11.4 cm).

Slipper-shaped in plan with curved lug handle to the rear, raised rim to the filler hole, broad shoulder with raised radiating bars, pellets and undulation, stub nozzle, and low basal ring. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex Israeli collection, 1980s.

Literature

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 type.

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LOT 1087

Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp

Sold for (Inc. bp): £52

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