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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Antiquities| ▸ |Antiquities by Type| ▸ |Oil Lamps||View Options:   | | | The major use of the ancient lamp was illumination of homes, shops and public buildings. At Pompeii, around 500 lamps were used on one commercial street to light the shops. At religious festivals and games, an enormous number of lamps might be used and large quantities of lamps were used as votive offerings to the gods in temples. Many lamps are found in tombs where they were intended to light the way of the departed. The ancient lamp is an highly collected artifact. All but the most desirable and very finest ancient lamps are priced under $400 and an attractive historical collection can be acquired for a reasonable amount of money. |
AL23898. Pottery Oil lamp, cf. Ennabli p. 87 & pl. XIV, 290 (very similar, palmettes vice squares and circles); Louvre Lamps p. 109, 89; 14 cm (5 1/2") long, Choice, complete and intact, slip worn, 5th century A.D.; mold made, red clay with cream slip, lion leaping right, stretching from wick hole across channel and discuss toward handle, shoulder decorated with alternating pattern of ornate concentric squares and heart-shapes, with concentric circle on each side at the nozzle end, two fill holes, lug handle, raised ring base, concentric circles mark on bottom; ex Griffin Gallery of Ancient Art (Boca Raton FL); SOLD
Late Roman - Byzantine, North Africa, Terracotta Oil Lamp With Leaping Lion, 4th Century A.D.
AL23909. cf. Goethert p. 167, fig. 107 (herringbone vice oblique fluted); Anawati p. 73, C223 (lion right, loop handle); 12 cm (4 5/8") long, Superb, choice and intact, mold made, orange clay, ovoid body merged into conical, nozzle, concave disk with lion leaping transversely to left, two filling holes, one above and one below lion, disk connected to concave channel on top of nozzle, big wick hole, narrow fluted band of incised oblique lines on each side above broad sloping shoulder, lug handle, concave base with maker's mark; ex Griffin Gallery of Ancient Art (Boca Raton FL); SOLD
Ancient Israel, Pinched-Rim Oil Lamp, Iron Age IIA, c. 1000 - 925 B.C.
This type of lamp has many nicknames including: pinched-rim, cocked hat, saucer, and shell type. With few exceptions, they can be roughly dated by the height of the base and the prominence of the rim opposite the nozzle. Both the height of the base and the width of the rim grew over time. On the earliest lamps the edge of the bowl is vertical with no outward folded rim. Most of the earliest lamps have a round bottom, with no distinct base. The last lamps of Southern Israel have a high stepped base comprised of a disk base on a distinct heel. On some of the latest Iron Age lamps the rim becomes so wide and the base so thick that the oil receptacle appears somewhat impractically small. The simple pinched-rim form had a revival in the Hellenistic period, at which time the lamps were smaller and of a finer clay. See our Pinched| Rim| Oil| Lamps| page in NumisWiki.AA78089. Iron Age, pinched-rim oil lamp; cf. Sussman Bar 1598 982; Alder 1.2.12; Qedem 8 319, Superb condition; 11.8cm (4 5/8") long, 12.2cm (4 3/4") wide, 3.5cm, Iron Age IIA, c. 1000 - 925 B.C.; wheel-made, pink orange clay, cream slip, thin-walled shallow bowl, lip everted, narrow folded spout, round bottom with clay added to the underside of the turned bowl; ex Mera Antiq (Yossi Eilon, Tel Aviv), found in Israel; SOLD
Judean, "Daroma" Terracotta Lamp, 1st Century - First Half of 2nd Century A.D.
“And you shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive-oil for the light, that a lamp may be set to burn continually.” Exodus 27:20.
Adler writes, "The decorations testify that these lamps were manufactured and used by Jews." An olive spray, the source of the lamp fuel, ornaments the top of this lamp.
Adler also notes the site of the workshop or workshops for this group is uncertain but "it seems certain they were made in one location because of their common features."AL34113. Jewish Terracotta Lamp, cf. Adler group 3.3.D.5, no. 325; Warschaw 107 -108, Superb; 9.5 cm (3 3/4"), finely made, ring handle, flat discus with olive branch ornamentation on shoulder, lily on volute nozzle; very attractive; SOLD
Hellenistic, Eastern Mediterranean, "Erotes Confronted" Type Pottery Oil Lamp, c. 250 - 100 B.C.
This "Erotes Confronted" lamp was found in Israel. The type is identified by its ornamentation - two Erotes standing flanking the filling hole on the lamp's shoulder. Together they usually hold a palmette, lily, or a similar object above their heads. The body is semi-elliptical, undoubtedly influenced the triangular composition of the decor. The type has been found in Africa, Egypt, and the Levant, but the place of manufacture is unknown. See our Erotes| Confronted| Oil| Lamps| page in NumisWiki.AA78090. Hellenistic "Eros Confronted" type pottery oil lamp; cf. Warschaw p.17, 7; Sussman 2009 162, Qedem 8 p. 13, 24; Frangie-Salles 19051, Choice, encrustations, soot on nozzle, 9.3cm (3 5/8") long, 5.8cm (2 1/4") wide, 3.2cm (1 1/4") high, c. 250 - 100 B.C.; mold-made, pink clay, semi-elliptical body, long nozzle with round tip, ornamented with two nude facing Erotes standing (dancing?) flanking the filling hole on the lamp's shoulder, together they hold a lily (or similar object) above their heads, asymmetrical flat rim around filling hole, framed branch down top of nozzle and others flanking nozzle at creases with body, concentric circles inscribed on base; ex Bruce Munday (Australia, 2017), found in Israel; SOLD
Late Roman - Byzantine, Syria-Palestina, Beit Natif Style Ovoid Lamp, 3rd - 5th Century A.D.
Beit Natif lamps are named after the site where a workshop for the type was found during excavation of two cisterns in the southern part of Judea. The type was imitated throughout Israel. This specimen is a "Northern" imitation. The fine buff clay and red slip "carelessly splashed" on the upper half were for centuries characteristic of a workshop in Gerasa (modern Jerash, Jordan), where we believe this lamp was likely made. See our Beit Nattif| Lamps| page in NumisWiki.AL78100. Gerasa(?), Northern Beit Natif Style Ovoid Lamp, Adler 4.3, BN.1, 489; Warschaw -; Qedem 8 -, Superb condition, soot on nozzle, red slip worn on high points, 8.2cm (3 1/4") long, 5.6cm (2 1/4") wide, 2.9cm (1 1/8") high, 3rd - 5th Century A.D.; mold made, fine buff clay, red slip "carelessly splashed" on the upper half, large filling hole with high rim surrounded by a thin band, palm wreath band around shoulders, pyramidal shaped handle ornamented with lines, slightly pinched nozzle with round tip, two rope bands between two thin lines across nozzle separating wick hole from body, ring base with center pellet; ex Bruce Munday (Australia, 2017); SOLD
Judaean Kingdom - Roman Judaea, Herodian Oil Lamp, c. 25 B.C. - 100 A.D.
This simple but elegant lamp design was developed during the reign of Herod, and thus they are called Herodian Lamps today. The type is found throughout all of Israel, especially in Jewish towns and areas, such as Jerusalem and Judea. Some have been found in Jordan. It is believed to be a type used mainly by Jews. They remained in common use until the end of the first century. The latest examples, from the middle of the second century, have been found in Judean Desert caves. Attempts have been made to more precisely date some of these lamps based on variations, however, excavations indicate the variations occur simultaneously.AL78088. Herodian oil lamp; cf. Adler 3.1.HER.3, 96; Hayes ROM 53; Schloessinger 331 - 332, Choice condition, most of slip on bottom and sides lost, 9.3cm (3 5/8") long, 7.1cm (2 5/8") wide, 2.2cm (7/8") high, c. 25 B.C. - 100 A.D.; gray clay, pink-cream slip, rounded wheel made body with flat top, rim around filling hole, rounded vertical sides, nozzle with a splayed shape hand-formed separately and attached, nozzle and joint smoothed with a knife; ex Mera Antiq (Yossi Eilon, Tel Aviv), found in Israel; SOLD
Ancient Israel, Pinched-Rim Oil Lamp, Late Bronze Age IIA, c. 1400 - 1300 B.C.
It was in the Late Bronze Age when the pinch first almost closed forming a long pointed spout. The everted rim on the bowl and an added base were not yet developed. Smaller lamps with a flattened bottom appear only in northern Israel. This lamp type, larger with a round bottom, appears throughout Israel. This type continues into Iron Age II but with an everted lip on the bowl growing wider and the height of the base increasing over time. See our Pinched |Rim |Oil |Lamps page in NumisWiki.AL111482. Iron Age, pinched-rim oil lamp; cf. Tufnell class E; Sussman 2007 595 - 600; Alder 1.1.8; Qedem 8 316, Choice, complete and intact, encrusted, soot on nozzle, 12.9cm (5 1/8") long, 13.2cm (5 1/4") wide, 50cm (2") tall, c. 1400 - 1300 B.C.; wheel-made, coarse pinkish-buff clay, chalk inclusions, thick walled shallow bowl, narrow folded spout, round bottom, rim flattened but not everted; found in Israel, with Israel Antiquities Authority export approval certificate; SOLD
Judaean Kingdom, Hasmonean Dynasty (Maccabees), Archaic Style Folded Buff Oil Lamp, c. 167 - 37 B.C.
This Hasmonean era lamp imitates the style of much earlier Bronze and Iron Age pinched rim oil lamps. During the Hasmonean era, these archaic imitative lamps, more finely made and smaller than most of the originals, were popular in Jerusalem and the surrounding area. They reconnected the Jewish people to the golden age of the Davidic dynasty five centuries before. See our Pinched| Rim| Oil| Lamps| page in NumisWiki.AL78081. Hasmonean Judaea Archaic Style Folded Buff Oil Lamp; Tushingham fig. 24, 9, Superb condition, buff clay, wheel made then folded, soot on nozzle; 8.7cm (3 3/8") long, 5.7cm (2 1/4") wide, 3.0cm (1 1/4") high, ex Archaeological Center (Robert Deutsch, Tel Aviv, Israel), auction 53 (4 Oct 2012), lot 125; found in Israel; SOLD
Early Christian, Late Roman, Antioch, Syria, Pottery Oil Lamp, 5th - 6th Century A.D.
AL34421. Christian oil lamp; cf. Anawati C275 (very similar but different discus/shoulder ornamentation); 10.2 cm (4") long, Choice - Superb, buff with red-orange slip, flat high-handle ornamented with cross inside round border of a band of dots between concentric circles, steep shoulders, ridge around discus and nozzle forming channel, geometric dot in crescent design on shoulders; very rare; SOLD
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