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LOT 0970

Roman Redware Terracotta Oil Lamp

3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.

4 1/4 in. (120 grams, 10.8 cm).

Slipper-shaped type with stub nozzle, broad discus with beaded border to the filler-hole, ribbed reflector, incised detail to underside. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the old private collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. 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.

CONDITION
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LOT 0970

Roman Redware Terracotta Oil Lamp

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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