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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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