About 2,200 years old Oil Lamp

This lamp is from the period between the Old Testament and New Testament. It is made of buff (white) clay and has a convex base with rim pinched and touching so that the snout is separated from the filling hole. It represents the end of the line of saucer-shaped lamps. The rim folds over half the body and forms either a closed nozzle.
  Top View                   buff white clay ; 4 x 12 cm.                   Side View

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© October 2000