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LOT 1474
Herodian Second Temple Period Terracotta Oil Lamp
HOLY LAND, CIRCA EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
3 1/8 in. (45.6 grams, 81 mm).
Squat and drum-shaped with raised rim to the filler hole, trapezoidal nozzle. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the private collection of Mr Brian Edwards, New Malden, Surrey, UK, formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. Młynarczyk, J., Terracotta oil lamps from Qumram: The Typology, in Revue Biblique, January 2013, T.120-1, pp.99-133, fig.5, lett. AF8.
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