Aweidah Gallery - Ancient Art
Home
 
RARE HASMONEAN MACCABEAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP, 150 BC

browse these categories for related items...
All Items: Holy Land: Judean: Pre AD 1000: item #959809

Click to view additional online photographs

detail 1

detail 2

detail 3

detail 4

detail 5

detail 6

detail 7


AWEIDAH GALLERY - JERUSALEM BASED GALLERY
P.O.Box 51067 - Jerusalem, ISRAEL
U.S.A. 310-593-4949
Cell:+972-545-216055

Guest Book

$ 385

RARE HASMONEAN MACCABEAN TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP, 150 BC

An authentic ancient biblical Maccabean "Hasmonean Dynasty" terracotta oil lamp with burning marks "Soot" at the nozzle.Date: Second to frist Century BC "100 - 200 BC"

Pinched bowl lamps, these lamps are simple, undecorated and continue the form of lamps from the Bronze and Iron Ages, they are made from a small bowl, folded in the middle and pinched to form two holes, one for the wick and the other to fill the oil

Measurements: Length: 7.5 cm - Width: 4.5 cm

Condition: Intact with nice earthy patina, not repaired and not restored

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

ALL ITEMS THAT WE OFFER FOR SALE COME WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY