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Offline ROBERT M4

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Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« on: June 11, 2018, 06:07:24 pm »
I've had this sitting around for several years in a cabinet along with other items. Don't know anything about it except it's an oil lamp of some sort. Measures 78mm x 105mm. Authentic? Age? Type?

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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2018, 05:12:39 pm »
I'm imagining no one has seen one like this before or something?  ??? Is it the color?
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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2018, 05:48:58 pm »
The style of lamp....large discuss with two small openings is often seen, but not being anywhere near an expert on lamps, I don't really know where it might be from, and I don't really see anything really matching in either of the two references I own, both of which tend to concentrate on the Levant.

It could be a generic "Roman" type lamp from just about anywhere.
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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2018, 11:49:50 pm »
Quote from: ROBERT M4 on June 18, 2018, 05:12:39 pm
I'm imagining no one has seen one like this before or something?  ??? Is it the color?

Antiquities are a bit different from coins.  I have handled dozens of lamps but I would still have to search through books to identify it.  I could take more than an hour.  I have about three dozen lamps here that should sell but never find time to ID them (I have had them a couple years).  I can't help. Maybe you will get lucky and someone who has a similar lamp will respond.
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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2018, 04:16:45 pm »
It is a Loeschke type VIII Roman oil lamp.

Dated to 1st/2nd c AD.

Made throughout the Roman Empire.

Not clear from the photo what the stamped design on the central rondel is.

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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #5 on: June 24, 2018, 07:01:04 am »
Thank you for the replies everyone.

Quote from: otlichnik on June 23, 2018, 04:16:45 pm
It is a Loeschke type VIII Roman oil lamp.

Dated to 1st/2nd c AD.

Made throughout the Roman Empire.

Not clear from the photo what the stamped design on the central rondel is.

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  +++ Thank you too. I haven't been able to figure out the design myself. I've studied it from all angles and still can't figure it out.
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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2018, 09:44:27 am »
Post a few photos of other angles.

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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2018, 03:06:44 pm »
North Africa, late 2nd - mid 3rd century AD.
Motif: Isis facing Serapis.

http://www.romulus2.com/lamps/database/lamp.php?86

Perfectly authentic but a very common motif. The black marks are the remains of the slip. The brown stain round the filling-hole is rust from a wick-pin.
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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2018, 06:58:51 pm »
Thanks for posting Strobilus2!
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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2018, 09:29:46 pm »
Glad to be of help, Joe.

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Re: Unknown Oil Lamp Number 1
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2018, 06:17:08 am »
My apologies for taking so long to reply. Thank you to all who have contributed to this thread. Strobilus2, thank you especially.  +++
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