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LOT 1091
Byzantine Terracotta Slipper Oil Lamp
6TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/4 in. (80 grams, 10.9 cm).
Broad slipper-shaped type with square-ended stub nozzle, broad shoulder with herringbone detailing, discus with ribbed border to the filler-hole, ribbed reflector, and basal ring to the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Israeli collection, 1980s.
LiteratureCf. Porat, R., Davidovich, U., Langford, B., Zissu, B., 'Votive Offerings from the Late Roman Period in the Te' omim Cave, Western Jerusalem Hills' in Taal, O., Weiss, Z., Expression of Cult in Southern Levant in the Greco-Roman Period, Turnhout, 2017, pp.111-130.
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